Terms & Conditions

COMPASS CONNECTIONS - information

a) COMPASS CONNECTIONS is an educational organisation, focused upon nurturing wellbeing practices in primary schools for children aged 5-11 and primary school colleagues.

b) Our sessions are provided in-person, after-school and during the half terms and school holidays. They are in line with the DFE statutory guidance on ‘Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing for Primary and Secondary schools’ (2025) and the NHS guidance on ‘5 Ways to Mental Wellbeing’ (2022)

c) The sessions are created and delivered by Maria Caneda [BEd. (Hons), FCCT, CAES] who is the Director of Learning and Wellbeing at Compass Connections.

e) Maria has an enhanced DBS for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people. All safeguarding credentials and public liability documents are shown to the venue for verification. Any other staff members or volunteers who work with Maria, also holds an enhanced DBS for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people.

CODE OF CONDUCT - for Children and Young People

This code of conduct is in place to make sure everyone who takes part in Compass Connections activities knows what is expected of them and feels safe, respected and valued.

Compass Connections endeavours to make sure that everyone taking part in our activities feels seen, understood and agrees to follow the code of conduct, and that they understand what will happen if there is inappropriate conduct.

This code of conduct aims to:

·       identify acceptable and unacceptable conduct

·       encourage cooperation, honesty, fairness and respect

·       create an environment where the child or young person's self-esteem, self-respect and self-confidence will grow

·       encourage the child or young person's to recognise and respect the rights of others

·       encourage he child or young person's to take responsibility for their own conduct

·       help resolve conflicts and make it clear what will happen he child or young person's decides not to follow the code.

Invitations for children and young people

We invite the child or young person to:

·       be supportive and kind to others

·       be friendly

·       listen to others

·       be helpful

·       have good manners

·       treat everyone with respect

·       take responsibility for their own conduct

·       join in and have fun!

 We discourage and support the child or young person when they are:

·       disrespectful to anyone else

·       bully other people

·       conduct themselves in a way that could be intimidating

·       be abusive towards anyone.

What happens if the child or young person chooses not to follow the code of conduct?

This code of conduct is part of our process for making sure everyone who takes part in our activities gets the support they need.

Minor or first-time incident

If the child or young person displays actions that doesn’t follow our conduct code, our staff or volunteers will remind them about it and invite them to amend their conduct. This gives them the chance to think and to plan how they could conduct themselves differently, with support and co-regulation strategies from staff and/or volunteers.

Formal warning

If the child or young person continues not to follow the code of conduct after their first reminder, or if their conduct is more serious, they will be given a formal warning by the person running your activity. They will make a record about what happened and verbally inform the parents or carers after the session. They will also talk with the child or young person about what happened and agree what level of support they need to make adjustments their conduct for the future.

Final warning

If the support we have put in place isn’t helping the child or young person to amend their conduct, we might need to give them a final warning. Again, this will be recorded, and we’ll inform the parents or carers as appropriate.

At this point, we will speak with the parents or carers about how we can support the child or young person together, and discuss whether our sessions are suitable for them.

Child protection procedures

If any member of staff or volunteer becomes concerned that the child or young person's conduct is suggesting they might be in need of protection or that they might present a risk of harm to other children and young people, staff or volunteer will follow our child protection procedures. This might involve making a referral to the local authority.

If child protection procedures are necessary, we will talk this through with you and your parents as soon as possible, unless doing so would put you in danger or interfere with a police investigation.

The role of parents and carers

We see parents and carers as important in encouraging positive conduct and will involve them as appropriate.

We will always inform and involve parents or carers if the child or young person receives a formal warning about their conduct.

NOTE: For further information on our policies, we invite you to visit www.compassconnections.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to read these T's and C's for your assurance,

Maria