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Whistleblowing
If you think something is seriously wrong at Teach.Dance, we want you to feel safe telling us. This policy explains how to raise a concern, where else you can go, and how we protect you when you speak up. Jackie and Jess
In short
- Raise concerns at [email protected], marked "Confidential: whistleblowing".
- Safeguarding risk? Go straight to Jess Porter at [email protected].
- You can also go to a prescribed body, such as the ICO or the NSPCC.
- You won't be treated badly for speaking up.
What to raise
For example malpractice, falsified records, a safeguarding risk or a breach of the law.
How
- Email [email protected], marked "Confidential: whistleblowing", or contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Jess Porter ([email protected]), if it involves a risk to someone.
- Concerns are kept confidential as far as possible, looked into promptly and recorded.
Your protection
We protect anyone who raises a concern they reasonably believe is in the public interest, as the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (and in Northern Ireland the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) requires. We give the same protection to self-employed assessors and quality assurers.
Outside bodies
You can also raise a concern with a "prescribed person", a body set by law to receive whistleblowing disclosures. The most relevant to us in Great Britain are:
- Information Commissioner's Office: data protection (ico.org.uk)
- Health and Safety Executive: health and safety (hse.gov.uk)
- HM Revenue and Customs: tax
- NSPCC: child welfare and protection
- Children's Commissioner for England, Children's Commissioner for Wales, and Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland: children's rights and welfare
In Northern Ireland a separate list applies; ask us and we'll point you to the right body.
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Teach Dance Ltd, 10 Churchill Way, Nelson, England, BB9 6RT
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1.0, 15 October 2026: first published.
