Child safety

Safeguarding.

Every design decision in DIFF assumes a child is on the other side of it. This page sets out our commitments during the founding beta and how to raise a concern.

Effective August 2026

Founding-beta placeholder. This page describes how DIFF operates during the private beta and will be replaced by counsel-reviewed wording before public launch.

No child accounts

Children do not have logins during the beta. All access runs through the verified parent account, so there is no private channel between a tutor and a child inside the product.

Tutor vetting

Tutors are onboarded by an administrator, not self-service. Enhanced DBS checks and references are held before a tutor is assigned to any child. A tutor can only ever see children explicitly assigned to them.

Communication rules

Tutor communication stays inside DIFF: weekly plans, task instructions, feedback and summaries. Tutors must not arrange private contact, ask for a child's contact details or request off-platform messaging.

Uploaded work

Submissions are stored privately and visible only to the child's parent, their assigned tutors and administrators. Nothing a child uploads is ever public.

Raising a concern

If you are worried about anything a tutor has said or done, stop and contact us at safeguarding@diff.example. We acknowledge every report within one working day and suspend access while we look into it.

If a child is at immediate risk of harm, contact your local police or the NSPCC helpline first — then tell us.