Concerned about a child's safety?
In an emergency999In an emergency, call 999. Contact the headteacher: 077 8714 6886 or the teacher on duty — school phone on Saturdays: 07511 870051.
Croydon Single Point of Contact: 020 8726 6464. Urgent matters: 020 8255 2888; out of hours: 020 8726 6400. E-mail: childreferrals@croydon.gov.uk. Concerns about adults working with children: lado@croydon.gov.uk.
Key rules
Safe arrival
Children under the age of 11 are brought by their parents or carers. Parents are responsible for their children until 9:00.
Prompt collection
Please collect children promptly at 12:30, by authorised persons only. If you are running late, please call 07511 870051.
Help and arrangements
Accidents are reported to school staff; medicines require appropriate arrangements and consent.
Photos with consent
Photographing children requires the consent of their parents or carers.
Shared responsibility
Alcohol, drugs and smoking are not tolerated on school premises.
Child Safety Code
The Frederic Chopin Polish Saturday School in Croydon operates on Saturdays from 9:00 to 12:30, except during breaks between terms. Every child attending the school must be registered, and parents are required to pay the appropriate fees. Attendance at the Polish Saturday School is voluntary and is only supplementary to full-time education, in accordance with British law.
Drop-off and collection
Drop-off: Children under the age of 11 should be brought to school by an adult. Parents, or a person authorised by a parent, are responsible for the child arriving at school safely and for making sure that the child is in the classroom or the school building. Parents remain responsible for their children's safety until lessons begin.
Collection:
Children under the age of 11 must be collected by their parents, unless the parents authorise another adult to collect the child. The parent is responsible for informing the child's teacher of the name of the authorised person. Children over the age of 11 may go home from school on their own, unless their parents do not consent to this, in which case they must inform the teacher.
Children should be collected from school at 12:30 (by 12:45 at the latest). If a parent expects to be late, they must inform the school by phoning the child's class teacher. In such a case, it remains the parent's responsibility to arrange for the child to be collected by another authorised person. Class teachers are responsible for children waiting to be collected, making sure that the children do not leave the school premises on their own.
If the school receives no word from a parent who is running late, after 15 minutes the class teacher will try to contact the child's parent by phone, and in the meantime the child will remain in the teacher's care. For the first 15 minutes and for every further 15 minutes of lateness, the parent will have to pay a £5 penalty.
No contact
If it is not possible to contact a parent, the class teacher will contact the people (family members or friends of the child's parents) whose phone numbers were given on the form (personal details questionnaire). If none of these people can be contacted, after 1 hour the class teacher will contact the local police.
Pupil absence
Attendance at the Saturday school is voluntary and there is no legal obligation to send children there. However, the school expects to be informed of a child's foreseeable absence or of a decision to withdraw the child from the school.
Accidents
If a child has an accident, the child's parents will be informed immediately by phone. For minor injuries, the school nurse will give the child first aid at school. The child will remain in the care of the duty parent until they are ready to return to the classroom. For injuries requiring medical attention, an ambulance will be called or the child will be taken to the nearest hospital by one of the duty parents or a teacher.
Photography
The school will seek parents' written consent for photographs to be taken of children during lessons or school events.
Drugs, stimulants and over-the-counter medicines
Drugs, medicines that can be bought without a prescription and stimulants of any kind are not permitted on the school premises. The headteacher may permanently exclude from the school a child who takes or sells drugs, even if it is a first offence. Drinking or possessing alcohol, and possessing or smoking cigarettes, is prohibited for pupils on the school premises.
Child Safety Policy
Read the school’s Child Safety Policy (English)
Child Safety Policy The Polish Saturday School in South Croydon is open on Saturday between 9.00am – 2.00pm during term dates. The lessons finished at 12.30pm. After the lessons there are school clubs for the children that are interested. All children attending the school have to be registered with the school and the relevant fees paid. Attendance at the school is voluntary and in addition to the full time education as expected by English law.
- Setting down and collection
1.1 Setting down
Children below the age of 11 are expected to be accompanied by an adult when arriving at the school. It is the responsibility of a parent or adult authorised by a parent that a child arrives at school safely and that the child enters the school building. Parents retain responsibility for children’s safety until the start of at the lesson at 9.00 am.
1.2 Picking up Children have to be collected by their parent unless prior permission for another adult to collect them from school is given. It is the parent’s responsibility to inform the child’s teacher or duty parent of the name of an adult authorised to collect the child. Children who are travelling independly will be allowed to leave the school premises unaccompanied, unless the school is advised otherwise. Children are expected to be collected from school at 12.30 pm promptly. In case of a delay in collecting a child, the parent is required to inform the duty teacher by calling the school mobile phone 07511870051 and making appropriate arrangements. Parents on duty are responsible for a child waiting to be collected, ensuring that they do not leave the school boundaries and will remain supervised. If there is no contact informing about a possible delay, the duty person will telephone the child’s parent (after a 15 minute delay or so), while the child is supervised by a duty parent. 1.3 Failed Contact
In the case when a parent cannot be contacted, the duty teacher will contact a relative or a friend, whose telephone number appears on the school registration form. Failing the above and after an half hour from picking up time, the duty person may contact either the police or Croydon Safeguarding Children Board, Children's Quality Assurance & Safeguarding Service, 3rd Floor, Davis House, 69-77 Robert Street,
Croydon, CR0 1QQ tel: 020 8 726 6400 ext 65442 for advice or assistance. Children will not be transported in teachers’ or other parents’ cars without their parent’s prior consent.
- Absence Attendance at the Polish Saturday Schol is voluntary and as such, there is no legal obligation for parents to ensure their children’s attendance. However, it is expected that the school will be notified in advance of a child’s absence or decision of the child being withdrawn from attending the school. Following failed attendance without prior notification and when there are concerns raised about the child’s safety, the school will contact the child’s parents in the first place and, if necessary, the appropriate authorities.
- Accidents In the event of a child being involved in an accident, the child’s parents will be notified immediately. Minor accidents will be dealt with by the teachers trained in first aid whenever possible. The child will be looked after by the duty parent until ready to go back to the classroom. Accidents that result in injury requiring medical assistance will be dealt with by calling the emergency service, or the child being taken to the Accident and Emergency Unit at the nearest hospital by the duty teacher or parent. No medications will be administered at school without parental consent.
- Photographs The school will seek parents’ agreement for photographs to be taken during school activities or events.
- Suspected child abuse or neglect Any signs indicating that a child might be suffering harm or neglect will be treated extremely seriously and will be dealt with by strictly following the London Child Protection Procedures: http://www.londoncp.co.uk/consultation/A_contents.html
- Illegal or unauthorised drugs Illegal and other unauthorised drugs of any kind on the school premises are not acceptable. The Headteacher may permanently exclude a pupil from attending the school who is involved in taking or dealing in drugs on the school premises, even for a first offence. The use and possession by children of alcohol and tobacco are not allowed in the school premises.
Documents
Host school policy
Classes take place at Purley Oaks Primary School. While on its premises, we follow the host school's child protection procedures. The published 2023 policy was due for review in September 2024; please confirm with the school whether it has been updated.