Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play. School staff are in a position to identify concerns early, provide help for children, promote children’s welfare, prevent concerns from escalating, and educate children on how they can keep themselves and others safe.
As a school we aim to safeguard and promote the welfare of children by:
- protecting children from maltreatment;
- preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;
- ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care, and;
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mr James Harding-Mbogo who can be contacted on 01793 528800. Designated Safeguarding Persons are the first points of contact for parents, students, teaching and non-teaching staff, members of the public and external agencies in all matters of child protection. They co-ordinate the child protection procedures in the School and work with the HR Officer to ensure an ongoing training programme for all school employees. Designated Safeguarding Persons receive appropriate training at least every two years.
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (previously CRB) check is required for all staff.
If you have any concerns about the safety of any child, please speak to a member of staff who you feel comfortable with. Alternatively, if your concerns are about the use of digital media, you can report incidents to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre.