We recognise that a significant percentage of learners attending Southwark College will reflect a range of needs and disadvantages, common in the local communities we serve. We are therefore mindful of actual or potential vulnerability and for this reason invest highly in ensuring we provide :
•    A safe and secure environment for our learners
•    A thorough training and professional development programme for all designations
      of staff in safeguarding learners
•    Clear guidance to staff in working to our Code of Professional Conduct
•    Accessible routes for learners to request support and assistance
•    A rigorous vetting process in the recruitment and selection of staff
•    A closely monitored security system throughout the College
These measures assist us in keeping our focus clearly on our responsibility to ‘promote the safety, welfare and well-being of all students’.
Click here to view our Safeguarding Learners (Child Protection) Policy

READ BELOW OF HOW OTHERS VIEW OUR SAFEGUARDING POLICY:

"Southwark College is a safe haven for learners".
OFSTED

 ".. I feel extremely safe studying at Southwark College because I am surrounded by trusting lecturers and they do not tolerate any students showing unacceptable behaviour. I also feel safer now I know the rules the College have enforced involving safeguarding. I know the College has decided to have random knife arches to make sure no students are carrying anything dangerous and are not briging anything illegal on site. The College has also become very strict about ID cards and if you do not have it you are not allowed in. Bringing small changes to the College helps prevent big travesties that have affected other colleges."
LUCY ANNE CAVE - Student Ambassador

 "Personally, I feel safe at Southwark College because the security guards roaming around the College, ensuring everyone is safe and wearing their ID, has made a more safe atmosphere. Every student knowing and feeling protected and having the peace of mind that there is no chance of an intruder entering the College also adds to that atmosphere."
AWET ATOY – Student Ambassador

 "Southwark College has become a very safe place for me to study over the years I have attended. I feel safe within the College. There are security guards when I enter the College and they have the great ability to keep the whole College a protected environment. Also, the regular checking of ID cards has made me sure that learners and staff at Southwark College are those that are either studying or working here. Another reason why I feel safe is because my teacher makes me feel welcome when in need of help or general study problems."
KRUPA PATEL – Student Ambassador

 "… things that make me feel safe studying at Southwark College is that we have security guards walking around the college and they also make sure that only students are allowed to enter the building by checking their ID cards and we have lovely friendly students & staff that will make you feel safe."
AHLAM MOHAMOUD – Student Ambassador