Safeguarding
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedure
The current version of the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedure was adopted in September 2023 and can be found here. The policy is due for review in September 2024.
Students can report concerns to any member of staff or through the Wellbeing tab in Class Charts. They are also able to report concerns through their weekly wellbeing check-in via Pulse, where they can reach out to a specific member of staff for help.
Our Safeguarding Team have all completed Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training through East Sussex County Council, and regularly attend refresher training.
Key contacts
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Role |
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Contact details |
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Designated Safeguarding Lead |
Sebastian St John, DSL |
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Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead |
Clive Rosewell, Headteacher (Acting) Alison Walters |
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Designated teacher responsible for CLA |
Clive Rosewell, Headteacher (Acting) |
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Safeguarding Team |
Toni Adams, HLTA Alison Eggleston, EWO Jane Eldon, HLTA Karla Glynn, Assistant SENDCo Sheila Robbins, Head of Year 7 Alex Kingshott, Head of Year 8 Maria Saranti, Head of Year 10 Abi Mann, Head of Year 11 Tim Moller, Teen Mentor Karey Mason, Safeguarding Officer |
01580 880360 |
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Nominated governors for safeguarding and child protection |
Stephen Long |
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Chair of IEB |
Stephen Long |
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Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) and Assistant LADO
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Sam Efde (LADO) and Susan Giles (Assistant LADO) Consultation via the online portal here |
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Referrals into Early Help and Social Care |
Single Point of Advice |
01323 464222 |
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Emergency Duty Service – after hours, weekends and public holidays |
01273 335906 01273 335905 |
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Online child protection training
Online child protection training can be accessed here.
Operation 'Encompass' - we are an Operation Encompass School
Operation Encompass is a Police initiative, to inform schools within 24 hours, when there has been an incident of Domestic Violence or Abuse which involves a pupil at the school.
When the Police attend a DV/A incident, and there are children present, they will identify the children’s schools and then notify the school, via email, that the incident occurred.
The information shared with the school will be limited: no details of the incident, merely that there was an incident and that Police attended.
By informing the school of this, the school can be better equipped to support that child, whether that means additional monitoring and TLC, if they are presenting as upset, or perhaps a more generous interpretation of the behaviour and sanctions policy, if they are presenting with challenging behaviour.
We are an Operation Encompass School. More information about this initiative can be found on their website https://www.operationencompass.org/