Child safe organisation

Statement of commitment to Child Safe Standards

The QCT prioritises the safety and wellbeing of all children through its regulation of the teaching profession throughout Queensland.

In performing its functions under the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 (the Act), the QCT has an overarching legislative obligation to ensure that the welfare and best interests of children is the primary consideration in all decision making.

The QCT makes this statement of commitment to being a child safe organisation, fully implementing the Child Safe Standards, and meeting its obligations under the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024, including as the Child Safe Standards co-sector regulator for the teaching profession.

To further support the safety, wellbeing and best interests of children the QCT is committed to:

• ensuring authentic application of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers for each career stage in its regulation of the teaching profession
• proactive regulation of compliance with the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 including mandatory reporting
• teacher registration eligibility requirements being transparent and aligning with the Child Safe Standards
• responsive action in relation to notifications or complaints about allegations of harm or likely harm to children
• actively supporting the safety of all children who directly engage with the QCT including the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (Universal Principle) and children from diverse backgrounds, in accordance with its Statement of Commitment to Cultural Safety
• prioritising the implementation and embedment of Child Safe Standards throughout our day-to-day decision-making and practice
• ensuring policies and procedures comply with the Child Safe Standards, Universal Principle, and the process of continual improvement.

QCT Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

All QCT staff and Board members are expected to comply with the above Statement of commitment to Child Safe Standards, and the Statement of commitment to cultural safety, when carrying out QCT functions.

Read our Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy [PDF 335KB].

Statement of commitment to cultural safety

The QCT is a statutory body responsible for the regulation of the teaching profession throughout Queensland and operates in the public interest.

The QCT recognises Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia and the Traditional Custodians of the different and diverse countries within Queensland.

The QCT acknowledges the wrongs of our past and the enduring impact of colonisation and dispossession on First Nations peoples including social, wellbeing, and economic disadvantages.

This is the QCT’s statement of strategic intention towards continual improvement and prioritisation of inclusive practice and cultural safety, to support an operating environment where First Nations peoples feel safe, valued, and respected in engaging with the organisation.

In the spirit of reconciliation, unity and respect for the world’s oldest continuous living culture, the QCT is committed to:

• acknowledging Traditional Custodians of land, sea, sky, and waterways
• the Universal Principle and building an internal culture of continual learning, ongoing improvement, and accountability for cultural capability
• developing culturally responsive policies and practices which support the QCT to regulate the teaching profession in the welfare and best interests of all children, and which support better outcomes for First Nations peoples
• better understanding transgenerational trauma and its impacts, and ensuring that policies and practices support appropriate cultural considerations in its decision making
• continuing to engage our First Nations Reference Group to ensure that our policies and practices are culturally safe, responsive, and appropriate.

Last updated:

16 June 2026