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Safeguarding

Parents should be aware that the Academy will take any reasonable action to ensure the safety of its pupils. In cases where the Academy has reason to be concerned that a child may be subject to ill-treatment, neglect or other forms of abuse, staff have no alternative but to follow the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board procedures and inform Children’s Services of their concern. We aim to work closely with parents and external services to ensure our children have the best life chances.

Designated Safeguarding
Contacts
Designated Safeguarding
Leads
Sarah Armstrong – Headteacher (LEAD)

Gemma Clark – Deputy Headteacher (NOMINATED DEPUTY)
Designated GovernorMrs J. Thompson

On occasions parents may disagree about the care of their child and the school unwittingly is placed in a difficult situation in the middle. Parents need to be aware that in this circumstance the police will be called to school to resolve the matter, if parents cannot do so reasonably.

Operation Encompass

We are an Operation Encompass school, this means we work closely with the police for the protection of our children.

Prevent Strategy

The government has published guidance for schools on their responsibilities under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act. Under the Act, schools ahave a duty to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”.

School staff undertake annual PREVENT and safeguarding training to support them to identify potential risks.

In school our Personal Development curriculum reinforces funamental British Values and our RE curriculum ensures that pupils are aware of a range of faiths and beliefs.

Room to talk

As you are aware, we are a rights respecting school and children have a right to be heard. This is to support children to have a voice and ensure they are actually being heard.

As part of this, we have developed a system in school called Room to Talk. This is a safe place for children to talk to a trusted adult about any difficulties they may be experiencing. Children will often create their own solutions. The adult’s role in this is to facilitate rather than to find an answer. This system will include:

  1. Children identified by class teachers

If a teacher has noticed anything in particular with a child in their class (for example, a dramatic change in behaviour/upset), they are able to request that the child has the opportunity to come talk to a member of staff on the Room to Talk team.

  • Children identifying themselves

Children have the opportunity to request a slot to talk with a member of the Room to Talk team about what they choose. This could be as individuals or as a small group. 

As part of this initiative, children may talk about things that we need to discuss with yourselves. If this is the case we will contact you. However, if this becomes a disclosure, under Keeping Children Safe In Education guidance we may need to share information with the Academy’s designated safeguarding leads and policies will need to be followed.

Please note that this is NOT a counselling service but an opportunity for children to have access to designated support if they feel it is needed. This is inline with our school’s focus on supporting children to be resilient and mentally healthy and safe.

Curriculum

As part of our Personal Development curriculum [which follows all statutory RHE guidance], our school follows the KIDSAFE safeguarding programme. This is a comprehensive, age-appropriate safeguarding programme with detailed lesson plans and training for facilitators, covering appropraite relationships, consent and consistent language [such as ‘trusted adult’.

Safeguarding Staff

Everyone in school values the partnership between home/school as where relationships are positive the child benefits by developing securely and confidently.

However, parents should be aware that if, on the very rare occasion, this relationship breaks down and parents become abusive or aggressive the school will take every step to protect its staff. Parents who cannot follow our safety policy, will no longer be welcome on our premises, until the situation has been resolved and procedures have been put in place.

Helping children to realise their potential. Aspiring to excellence in all aspects of life

Privacy Policy

We regard your privacy as important and any personal information you give to us will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations.

We do not store personal information about individuals who visit this site except where they provide contact information via our contact us page and contact forms available on various pages throughout the website.

Any information you provide will only be used for the reasons specified and it will not be shared with any third party without your consent, unless required by law.

Your contact details are kept securely and are only accessed by authorised members of staff as part of the provision of school services. If you do not wish us to keep this contact information please tell us.

This website uses Google Analytics which provides statistical data about the usage of the site. This information is not used to identify individuals, but is collected to provide us with an understanding of the areas of interest on our site and how our site is being used.

If you are connected to the internet you will have an IP Address. This may take the form of a figure, such as 333.333.22.1. The address will be automatically collected and logged as part of the connection of your computer to our web server and may be used to determine the total number of visits to each part of the site. This data is not collected and used for other purposes.

This website contains links to other websites. The School is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites or organisations and recommends you consult the privacy information on those sites.

This policy will be reviewed and updated versions will be posted on the website.

If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, the Information Commissioner is the independent regulator for both Data Protection and Freedom of Information.