Effective date: 18 October 2026
Safeguarding Statement
TeachForge.ai is a teacher-controlled platform. We design for classroom and tutoring contexts where adults remain responsible for learners. This statement summarises how we approach safeguarding and child protection online. It does not replace a school's, charity's, or tutoring organisation's own safeguarding policy.
1. Our role
TeachForge provides tools — Whiteboard, Workshop, Quest Ladder, Virtual Lab, and related features. Account holders are teachers, tutors, and organisations. Learners join by a personal link or a board's link without creating learner accounts, which reduces unnecessary collection of children's personal data. TeachForge is the processor for that participation data; the school or teacher is the controller and keeps any mapping from a readable handle to a named child outside the platform.
2. Design choices that support safer use
- No learner accounts required for core participation
- Preference for pseudonymous display names and session tokens rather than school roll identity
- Teacher review of AI-generated materials before learners see them
- Self-service deletion of teacher accounts and private content (community library copies of approved shared resources are retained so other classrooms are not disrupted — see Privacy Policy)
3. Expectations of organisations and account holders
You must follow applicable safeguarding law and guidance in your jurisdiction — in Estonia this includes the Child Protection Act and the duty to notify a child in need of help; in England and Wales, Working Together to Safeguard Children and Keeping Children Safe in Education where they apply to you; in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and other countries, the equivalent frameworks. You must obtain any parental or organisational consents your setting requires. Do not upload unnecessary identifiable learner records, images of children for identification, or special-category data unless you have a clear lawful basis and policy cover.
4. Reporting concerns
If you have a safeguarding concern related to use of TeachForge.ai, contact us via Contact or safeguarding@teachforge.ai. For immediate danger, contact local emergency services and your organisation's designated safeguarding lead (or equivalent). TeachForge staff are not a substitute for local child-protection services. In Estonia the national child helpline is 116 111 (Lasteabi).
5. Worldwide use
Educators use TeachForge in many countries. Local mandatory reporting rules differ. Always follow the stricter of your local law and your organisation's policy.