Merchant Taylors’ School takes a child-centred, whole-School approach to safeguarding and child protection. This means that all members of staff, including Governors, support staff, teachers and volunteers, are responsible for the safeguarding and welfare of children they come into contact with, and they always act in the best interests of the child.

Our Safeguarding Team consists of eight members of staff who are level-three safeguarding trained and undertake regular specialist training and supervision, to ensure best practice and compliance with Government policies and guidelines. A close working relationship with safeguarding teams at local schools and Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership further supports our contextual safeguarding approach and keeps our pupils safe.

The school has a team of counsellors, a paramedic and school nurse, who work closely with our safeguarding and pastoral staff to identify pupils in need of early help and ensure timely intervention.

Our House and Tutor systems also ensures that every pupil has at least two members of staff who know them well and can spot when something might not be quite right. We have a timetabled PSHE programme for all year groups, delivered by specialist teachers which, along with our wellbeing programme, ensures pupils understand how to look after their own wellbeing and that of the whole community.