Safeguarding

SIRA works with students who are, in many cases, minors. Safeguarding sits above every other consideration in how the practice and its platform are run.

Principles

Every tutor working with a student under 18 is vetted before their first session. Sessions involving minors are conducted through SIRA’s own platform rather than an unmonitored third-party tool, so that a record exists. Concerns raised by a student, family or tutor are treated seriously and acted on promptly.

Consent

A parent or guardian’s consent is recorded before a minor’s first session, and covers session recording for recap purposes, the diagnostic use of academic evidence, and correspondence between the practice and the family.

Raising a concern

Any safeguarding concern — from a student, a parent, a tutor, or anyone else — should be raised through Correspondence and will be treated as urgent. In production, safeguarding correspondence reaches a named, trained individual directly, not a general queue.

Review

Safeguarding practice is reviewed on a fixed schedule and whenever a concern is raised, independent of that schedule.