Effective date: 1st September 2025
Last updated: 6th June 2026
Company / Platform: Learning Path / MyLearningPath
Website: learningpath.uk / mylearningpath.co.uk
Safeguarding contact:safeguarding@learningpath.uk
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ismail Moied
Alternative contact: +44 7418 373709
1. Purpose and Scope
Learning Path is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people who use our online tuition services, live lessons, one-to-one tuition, revision courses, educational resources, AI marking tools, quizzes, homework systems and online learning platform.
For the purposes of this policy, “children” refers to anyone under the age of 18. This includes students taking SATs, GCSEs, A-levels, IB courses and other school-level qualifications.
This policy applies to Learning Path students, parents and guardians, tutors, staff, contractors, volunteers, guest teachers and anyone working on behalf of Learning Path.
Learning Path recognises that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. All children have the right to learn in a safe, respectful and supportive environment, free from abuse, bullying, harassment, discrimination, exploitation or neglect.
2. Legal and Guidance Framework
This policy has been written with reference to current UK safeguarding guidance and good practice for education and tuition providers.
Learning Path takes account of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, which is statutory guidance for schools and colleges in England, and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026, which is statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children.
As Learning Path provides private tuition and online learning, this policy also takes account of the Department for Education’s safeguarding guidance for out-of-school settings, which includes private tuition providers, after-school clubs, community activities and similar services.
Relevant guidance includes:
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
Information Sharing Advice for Safeguarding Practitioners 2024
Safeguarding and Remote Education guidance
Out-of-school settings safeguarding guidance for providers
UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
Online safety guidance relevant to children and young people
3. Our Safeguarding Commitment
Learning Path is committed to:
Having a named Designated Safeguarding Lead who is responsible for safeguarding oversight, responding to concerns and making referrals where necessary.
Creating a safe online learning environment for students using live lessons, group tuition, one-to-one tuition, recorded lessons, quizzes, homework systems, AI marking and revision resources.
Ensuring that tutors and staff understand their safeguarding responsibilities and know how to report concerns.
Using safer recruitment practices, including identity checks, reference checks, qualification checks where relevant and enhanced DBS checks for tutors working with children.
Ensuring that communication between tutors, students and parents takes place through appropriate and approved channels.
Preventing inappropriate private contact between tutors and students.
Taking concerns about bullying, harassment, discrimination, grooming, exploitation, abuse, neglect, online harm or inappropriate behaviour seriously.
Recording safeguarding concerns securely and confidentially.
Sharing information appropriately where there is a safeguarding concern.
Listening to students and taking their concerns seriously.
Reviewing this policy regularly so that it remains up to date with current safeguarding expectations.
4. Types of Safeguarding Concerns
Learning Path recognises that safeguarding concerns may include, but are not limited to:
Physical abuse
Emotional abuse
Sexual abuse
Neglect
Bullying or cyberbullying
Peer-on-peer abuse
Online grooming
Sexual harassment
Discriminatory abuse
Radicalisation or extremist influence
Self-harm or suicidal thoughts
Mental health concerns linked to risk of harm
Domestic abuse witnessed by a child
Inappropriate communication between an adult and student
Sharing of explicit, harmful, abusive or threatening content
Misuse of Learning Path’s online platform, live lessons, chat functions or homework systems
Abuse can happen in person or online. It can be caused by adults or by other children.
Learning Path asks all tutors, staff and contractors to maintain the attitude that safeguarding concerns can happen in any setting, including online tuition and revision environments.
5. Online Safety
Learning Path provides education through online platforms, which may include live group lessons, one-to-one tuition, Google Meet, YouTube Live, learning portals, quizzes, AI marking, recorded lessons, homework tasks and student dashboards.
To support online safety:
Students should only use approved Learning Path links and platforms.
Students should not share lesson links with anyone outside the course.
Students should behave respectfully in live chats, comments, quizzes and group learning spaces.
Tutors must not contact students through personal social media accounts.
Tutors must not request or share personal contact details with students unless approved by Learning Path and the parent or guardian.
Where appropriate, lessons may be recorded for safeguarding, quality assurance and revision purposes.
Students should not share personal, private, medical or sensitive information through AI tools, public chats or group spaces.
Any online behaviour that makes a student feel uncomfortable should be reported to Learning Path immediately.
Learning Path recognises that harm can take place online and that technology can also be used to facilitate offline harm. Any concern about online abuse, grooming, harassment, bullying or inappropriate communication will be treated seriously.
6. Communication Guidelines
All communication between Learning Path tutors, students and families should be professional, educational and appropriate.
Approved communication channels may include:
Learning Path email accounts
Learning Path platform messages
Parent or guardian email
Google Classroom or learning portal announcements
Approved lesson platforms such as Google Meet
Official WhatsApp or SMS communication with parents where appropriate
Acuity, Stripe, TutorLMS or other approved systems linked to Learning Path operations
Tutors must not:
Privately message students outside approved channels
Add students on personal social media
Discuss personal matters unrelated to learning
Exchange personal phone numbers with students without parental knowledge and Learning Path approval
Meet students in person without formal arrangement and safeguarding approval
Use inappropriate language, jokes, comments or personal disclosures
Ask students to keep communication secret from parents or Learning Path
Any breach of these rules may lead to disciplinary action and, where appropriate, referral to external safeguarding authorities.
7. Student Code of Conduct
Students using Learning Path must:
Treat tutors and other students respectfully.
Attend lessons appropriately dressed and prepared to learn.
Avoid abusive, threatening, discriminatory or sexually inappropriate language.
Not bully, harass, intimidate or target other students.
Not share lesson links, resources, recordings or private platform access with others.
Not record or screenshot other students without permission.
Not post harmful, explicit, offensive or illegal material.
Use chat functions only for learning-related discussion.
Follow tutor instructions during live lessons.
Report anything that makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
Learning Path may remove a student from a live lesson, group course or platform area if their behaviour puts others at risk or seriously disrupts learning.
8. Parent and Guardian Responsibilities
Parents and guardians are expected to:
Ensure that students attend lessons in a safe and suitable environment.
Make Learning Path aware of any safeguarding, wellbeing, learning or communication concerns that may affect the student.
Monitor younger students’ online learning where appropriate.
Ensure students understand the Student Code of Conduct.
Report concerns to Learning Path as soon as possible.
Provide consent for students under 18 to take part in Learning Path lessons and use the platform.
Learning Path encourages parents and guardians to raise any questions about safeguarding, tutor conduct, communication or online learning arrangements.
9. Reporting a Safeguarding Concern
Students, parents, tutors or staff should report safeguarding concerns as soon as possible.
Safeguarding email: teacher@learningpath.uk
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ismail Moied
Alternative contact: +44 7418 373709
A safeguarding report should include:
The name of the student involved
The name of the person reporting the concern
The date and time of the incident or disclosure
Where the concern happened, for example live lesson, email, chat, platform or Google Meet
A factual summary of what happened
Any screenshots, messages or evidence if available
Any immediate action already taken
Reports should be factual and should avoid assumptions or personal opinions.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
If someone is worried about a child and wants advice, they can contact the NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000. Childline is available for children and young people on 0800 1111.
If there is a serious concern about a child’s safety, Learning Path may contact the relevant local authority children’s services, the police, NSPCC or the Local Authority Designated Officer where appropriate.
10. Responding to a Disclosure
If a student tells a tutor or staff member something that suggests they may be at risk of harm, the adult should:
Listen carefully and calmly.
Reassure the student that they have done the right thing by speaking up.
Avoid promising complete confidentiality.
Explain that the information may need to be shared with the safeguarding lead to help keep them safe.
Avoid asking leading questions.
Record the student’s words as accurately as possible.
Report the concern to the Designated Safeguarding Lead immediately.
Tutors and staff must not investigate the concern themselves.
11. Safer Recruitment
Learning Path aims to recruit tutors and staff safely.
This may include:
Identity verification
Enhanced DBS checks where appropriate
Reference checks
Qualification checks where relevant
Interview and suitability checks
Review of tutoring experience
Safeguarding training or induction
Clear expectations around professional conduct
Tutors must confirm that they understand and agree to follow Learning Path’s safeguarding policy, communication rules and code of conduct.
Learning Path expects tutors and staff to behave professionally at all times and to understand that safeguarding standards apply in both one-to-one and group tuition settings.
12. Allegations Against Tutors or Staff
Learning Path takes all allegations against tutors, staff, contractors or volunteers seriously.
An allegation may involve a person who has:
Behaved in a way that has harmed, or may have harmed, a child.
Possibly committed a criminal offence against or related to a child.
Behaved towards a child in a way that indicates they may pose a risk of harm.
Behaved in a way that raises concerns about suitability to work with children.
All allegations should be reported immediately to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Where the concern meets the relevant threshold, Learning Path will contact the Local Authority Designated Officer, children’s services, the police or other appropriate authorities.
Low-level concerns, such as behaviour that does not meet the threshold for harm but still feels inappropriate, will also be recorded and reviewed.
Tutors and staff are encouraged to self-report any situation where their behaviour may have been misinterpreted or may have fallen below expected professional standards.
13. Data Protection and Confidentiality
Learning Path handles safeguarding information carefully and confidentially.
Safeguarding records will be:
Stored securely
Shared only with those who need to know
Kept separate from ordinary academic records where appropriate
Handled in line with UK GDPR and data protection law
Shared with external agencies where necessary to protect a child from harm
Confidentiality will never be used as a reason not to share information where a child may be at risk.
Learning Path may need to share information with parents, guardians, local authority children’s services, the police, the NSPCC, a school, or another relevant professional where this is necessary to protect a child or respond to a safeguarding concern.
14. Use of AI, Quizzes and Learning Technology
Learning Path may use educational technology, including AI marking, quizzes, automated feedback, homework systems, student portals and online resources.
These tools are used to support learning and revision. They do not replace human safeguarding judgment.
Students should not enter highly personal, sensitive, medical, explicit or safeguarding-related information into AI tools or public learning areas.
If a student submits content that raises a safeguarding concern, Learning Path may review it and take appropriate action.
Learning Path aims to ensure that learning technology is used safely, appropriately and in a way that supports student progress without compromising student privacy or wellbeing.
15. Bullying and Peer-on-Peer Abuse
Learning Path has zero tolerance for bullying, harassment, intimidation or abuse between students.
This includes:
Mocking or humiliating another student
Threatening behaviour
Discriminatory comments
Sexualised comments
Sharing private information
Exclusion or targeting in group spaces
Misuse of chat functions
Cyberbullying
Pressure, manipulation or intimidation
Any student who experiences or witnesses this should report it to their tutor or to the safeguarding contact.
Learning Path may remove students from group spaces or lessons where behaviour creates a safeguarding risk or seriously disrupts the learning environment.
16. Recordings and Live Lessons
Live lessons may be recorded for revision, safeguarding, training and quality assurance.
Recordings are stored securely and should not be downloaded, copied, edited, shared or posted elsewhere without permission.
Students should not record lessons independently unless they have written permission.
Where cameras and microphones are used, students should ensure they are in an appropriate learning environment.
Tutors should use professional backgrounds, language and conduct during all live sessions.
Students should not reveal private information, personal details or sensitive information during live lessons or group chats.
17. Parental Consent
If a student is under the age of 18, they must have permission from a parent or legal guardian to use Learning Path services.
By enrolling a student in Learning Path tuition, courses or platform access, the parent or guardian confirms that they understand the nature of the service being provided, including live lessons, recorded lessons, online resources, quizzes, homework, AI marking tools and communication systems.
Parents and guardians should read Learning Path’s relevant policies, including this safeguarding policy, terms and conditions, privacy notice and any student code of conduct.
18. Whistleblowing
Tutors, staff, students and parents should raise concerns if they believe safeguarding procedures are not being followed.
Concerns may include:
Unsafe tutor conduct
Poor handling of safeguarding reports
Inappropriate communication
Failure to act on student concerns
Misuse of student data
Unsafe online platform behaviour
Bullying, harassment or discrimination being ignored
Whistleblowing concerns should be sent to:
Where the concern is about the Designated Safeguarding Lead, parents or students may contact the relevant Local Authority Designated Officer, local authority children’s services, the NSPCC, or the police if there is an immediate risk of harm.
19. Complaints
Parents, guardians, students or tutors may raise a complaint if they are unhappy with how a safeguarding or conduct matter has been handled.
Complaints should be sent to:
Learning Path will aim to respond professionally, fairly and promptly.
Where a complaint raises a safeguarding concern, it will be handled under this safeguarding policy and may be referred to external agencies where appropriate.
20. Review of this Policy
This policy will be reviewed at least annually, or sooner if:
Safeguarding law or guidance changes
Learning Path changes its teaching model or platforms
A serious safeguarding incident occurs
New risks are identified
Feedback from students, parents or tutors suggests improvements are needed
Next review date: September 2027