Safeguarding

A Culture of Vigilance where we are not afraid to “Think the Unthinkable”
 
As a staff, we are committed to ensuring our students are safeguarded from harm, danger, exploitation, sexual exploitation, extremism, and abuse in all forms whether that danger comes from family, friends, peers or as an initiator. 

We recognise that our students come with additional vulnerabilities and so that commitment translates into very clear safeguarding policies and procedures that live and breathe in the school. 

Staff are trained to “Think the Unthinkable” as well as maintaining a real culture of vigilance at all times.  We recognise that the nature of a short stay school requires robust and rigourous responses to the everyday experience of students in school to keep them safe from harm.  Here is a summary of some of the things we do to

• We have an open and honest culture with regards to safeguarding with students, staff and parents
• We ensure regular and rigorous safeguarding training for staff
• We ensure our Management Committee are trained well and that there is a Management Committee member leading the process of holding the school policy and procedures to account.
• We have experienced DSL’s who are always on site.
• DSL’s meet regularly to discuss and analyse actions,  quality assure reporting and support and analyse descision making
• We work closely with
• We ensure regular and rigorous safeguarding training for students
• We are developing safeguarding training for parents
• We have a clear Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy that lives and breathes in school
• We ask students, staff, schools and parents for regular feedback on safety and safeguarding
• We have regular focus groups with students so as to drill down into safety and safeguarding at student level
• We will ensure children are taught to understand and manage risk through personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and through all aspects of school/college life, including staying safe online.
• We will offer details of helplines, counselling or other avenues of external support.
• We will liaise and work in partnership with other support services and agencies involved in Early Help and the safeguarding of We will notify Social Care without delay if there is an immediate risk of significant harm.
• We will provide continuing support to children about whom there have been concerns who leave the school/college by ensuring that information is shared confidentially with the child’s new setting. We will ensure the school/college records are forwarded as a matter of priority and within statutory timescales.

Safeguarding Policy
Student Safeguarding Training

Should you need more help or advice as a parent then please follow this link to the  Think U Know website.