Safeguarding

If you are concerned about a child or young person outside of school hours please contact:

Westminster Local Authority Children’s Services: 020 7641 4000 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)

Westminster Children’s Services Emergency Duty Team: 020 7641 2388 (outside of these times)

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Deborah Warwick – via the School Office or via email:

deborah.warwick@churchillgardens.futureacademies.org

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads

Tamara Spring – via the School Office or via email:

t.spring@churchillgardens.futureacademies.org

Safeguarding Governor

Contact via the school office – Office@churchillgardens.futureacademies.org

Outside of school hours and in holidays

Safeguarding@churchillgardens.futureacademies.org

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. Safeguarding means: protecting children from abuse and maltreatment, preventing harm to children's health or development and ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.

Child protection is the process of protecting individual children identified as either suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect. It involves measures and structures designed to prevent and respond to abuse and neglect.

Ensuring the safety and well-being of students at Churchill Gardens Primary Academy is our top priority and therefore we have policies and procedures which surround the issue of safeguarding young people.

Safeguarding means that we aim to ensure the well-being of students both emotionally and physically, and will take steps in order to ensure that young people are not at risk, either from themselves or from others.

Safeguarding issues include peer on peer abuse; sexual harassment, online safety, bullying, cyberbullying, radicalisation, child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect and mental health crises.

The steps that the academy might take are:

meeting with the young person to explore the issue
meeting with the parent/s to explore the issue
liaising and meeting with other agencies or professionals
supporting in school
referring to outside agencies such as School Nurse, Early Help, Attendance team, Police
making a referral to Social Services and liaising with them.

Social Services are first and foremost a preventative agency – they seek to support families to get back on track and make change happen in their lives to ensure that young people are kept safe. It is with this in mind that the school might refer to Social Services: to seek support for the family and young person. Unless the risk is presented by a parent, the school will either consult with them about the referral or inform them that a referral is taking place.

Support websites and agencies

Bullying

Anti-bullying Alliance (ABA)

Brings together more than 65 organisations with the aim of reducing bullying and creating safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn.

www.anti-bullying.org

Beatbullying

Beatbullying is the leading bullying prevention charity in the UK and provides anti- bullying resources, information, advice and support for young people, parents and professionals affected by bullying.

www.beatbullying.org.uk

Cyber Safety

CEOP

www.ceop.police.uk

Childnet International

The UK's safer internet centre

www.childnet-int.org

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)

www.ceop.police.uk

Internet Watch Foundation

www.iwf.org.uk

Safe4Me

Thinkuknow

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

National online safety

Information for parents regarding how to keep your child safe online, including up to date information on the latest platforms and games.

www.nationalonlinesafety.com/

Mental Health

Young Minds

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. Young person’s helpline: 020 7336 8445 Parent helpline: 0808 8025 544

www.youngminds.org.uk

NHS Website