How the school looks after children, and who to call with a concern.
How the school keeps children safe every day, and the telephone lines to call if you are worried about a child.
If you are worried about a child.
Call the line for the child's section, between 9.00 am and 1.00 pm. Outside those hours, or for anything urgent, call the further queries and emergencies line.
The school has not yet published a written procedure or named a person for concerns; until it does, these lines are the way to reach it.
- Playgroup to Class I01755 689 482
- Classes II to VI01755 515 893
- Classes VII to XII01755 693 623
- Further queries and emergencies01755 515 885+880 9678 434241
The admissions lines are open 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. All the school's numbers are on the contact page.
Seven things the school does every day.
Each one is from the school's own pages: the building, the sick room, the counsellor, the identity card, the gate, the code of conduct, and photographs.
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On the campus
Watched, staffed and equipped
- CCTV across the campus
- Security staff round the clock
- Fire extinguishers on every floor, and an internal telephone system
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Health during the day
A sick room, and the parents decide
A health care facility and a sick room for minor problems during school hours. Serious cases are handed to the parents, so the family decides about treatment. Drinking water and separate toilets on every floor.
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Someone to talk to
The Student Counsellor
A designated member of the faculty acts as Student Counsellor, on standby for academic concerns, non-academic issues and behavioural matters that teachers raise.
Student support -
Identity cards
Issued after admission, worn every day
Every student receives an identity card after admission and wears it on the school premises. A lost or damaged card is replaced through the school office.
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Arrival, departure and the road
A quiet gate
Drivers follow the school's traffic rules, avoid the horn and slow down near the premises. Students carry their own bags, which reduces crowding at the gate. The school has run its own buses since March 2014.
Transport and safety -
Conduct and discipline
The code of conduct
Physical violence or abusive language leads to immediate expulsion. A Disciplinary Committee of administrators and faculty members oversees behaviour during school hours. Mobile phones are not allowed.
Policies -
Photographs of children
On this website
A photograph of a child is used on this website only where no child can be recognised, or where the school holds the family's consent. A parent may ask for a photograph to be taken down by calling the further queries line.
Privacy
None of these is written as a policy the school adopted; each is a thing the school says it does. Confirm each is current before relying on it.
From the school's campus, health, counsellor, identity card, transport and code-of-conduct pages, September 2026.
Our commitment, in the school's words.
The school's statement on child protection
“Playpen adheres to the local and Cambridge Board's guidelines for child protection policy.”
As published on the school's website. The school's full written policy will be published here when it is ready.