Safeguarding
The safety and wellbeing of students and adults-at-risk is our highest priority. We place their safety at the centre of all decisions to create a safeguarding culture that protects them from abuse and exploitation.
Go to the Safeguarding website.
Consent and Respectful Relationships Education (CRRE)
BCE takes a whole-school approach to Consent and Respectful Relationships Education (CRRE), supporting students to develop the skills, knowledge and dispositions needed for positive, healthy, safe and respectful relationships.
Aligned with the Australian Curriculum, we support our schools to deliver high-quality learning that is strengths based, trauma aware and inclusive. Guided by our Catholic values, CRRE in BCE schools nurtures the formation of kind, just and compassionate young people who are empowered to contribute to, and advocate for, a better world.
Student Wellbeing
Our approach to wellbeing is grounded in our Christian Catholic beliefs and values. Our schools promote and aim to provide safe and supportive learning environments for all our students.
BCE has taken a proactive approach to Consent and Respectful Relationships Education (CRRE) that is aligned with Catholic perspectives, and is strengths based, trauma aware and inclusive. We empower our students with the skills and knowledge needed to develop positive, healthy, safe and respectful relationships.
Learn more about student wellbeing.
Inclusive Education
Our approach to inclusive education seeks to empower and support students, families and schools to understand and implement educational experiences that are based on the principles of excellence, equity and justice. Our words and actions demonstrate a deep understanding of human dignity which allows communities to flourish, student to grow in learning and wellbeing and contribute to a just future.
Read more about inclusive education at BCE.
Student Protection
At BCE, the desire to protect children and young people is based upon the belief that each person is made in the image of God and the inherent dignity of all should be recognised and fostered.
An essential part of our ethos is making our schools places of safety and nurturing communities of care. This underpins our commitment to the protection of students, and we strive to ensure a culture where it is acknowledged and understood that student protection is everyone's responsibility.
View our Student Protection resources.
Student Voice
We know that the best way to keep students safe is to create environments where they are heard and have opportunities to speak up if they are feeling unsafe. We believe that students know their world best and we encourage our students to be part of the decision-making processes for our school communities.
Student Voice is everyone’s responsibility and occurs at all levels of the organisation across our schools and offices.
The Student Voice Network, run by the BCE Student Voice Program, was created from a student idea. It is a community of secondary students designed to connect and empower students, giving them an active role in shaping their own education.
Learn more about Student Voice here.