Safeguarding
Safeguarding, designed in from the start
Olympiad Vault teaches children aged roughly 11 to 18, online. These rules apply from the first pilot session, not from some later compliance pass.
Accounts and data
- Accounts belong to parents. A parent creates and controls the account; children learn under it.
- We collect no child's email address, phone number or social accounts. The waitlist on this site collects parent details and a year group only.
- Children's data is processed under UK GDPR with a data protection impact assessment completed before launch; parents can see, export or delete their family's data on request.
People
- Every tutor, including the founder, holds an enhanced DBS check before teaching any live session.
- References and identity are verified, and sample teaching and marking are vetted before a tutor is appointed.
- A named safeguarding lead is published here before the first cohort runs, with a direct contact route for concerns.
Live sessions
- Group sessions only. There is no one-to-one tuition at launch.
- All live sessions run on the platform, are recorded, and recordings are available to the parent.
- There is no private messaging between tutors and children, on the platform or off it. Questions go through the parent's account or the group session.
- Cameras-on is the default for live clinics, with two adults' oversight of session recordings through routine sampling.
Reporting a concern
Until the safeguarding lead is named at launch, concerns can be raised through the GeraLearn contact route on the main site, and any concern about a live session stops that tutor's sessions until it is reviewed. If a child is at immediate risk, contact the police or your local authority children's services first, as with any service.