First and foremost, we provide a safe and caring environment where every individual learner can flourish. Bullying and any form of emotional or physical abuse are not tolerated. We also educate our learners about how to stay safe in the digital world.

As an Academy, we are committed to safeguarding and meeting the needs of all young people. No child should suffer harm, either at home or at school.  Everyone who works in our Academy has a responsibility to make sure that all our young people are safe. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads co-ordinate this work and are always available to discuss concerns.

If you have any concerns about the welfare of any learner, please ask to speak to Mr P Townsend (Designated Child Protection Officer) or a member of our Safeguarding Leads within the school.

If you have any worries about wellbeing, behaviour or bullying, contact the school immediately.

If you see anything disturbing on the web, use the button below:

We recommend the following pages to learners:

• Childline (https://www.childline.org.uk/)– for support.
• UK Safer Internet Centre (https://reportharmfulcontent.com/what-can-we-help-with/) - to report and remove harmful online content.

We recommend the following pages to parents/carers:

• Internet matters - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online. 
• London Grid for Learning - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online.
• Net-aware - for support for parents and carers from the NSPCC.
• Parent info - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online.
• Thinkuknow - for advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online.
• Thinkuknow Online Safety at Home advice.
• UK Safer Internet Centre - advice for parents and carers
• Childnet International - for primary children.
• Childnet International - for teachers and professionals.
• Let’s Talk About It - advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation.

In addition, the Government has also provided the following advice:

• Support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online harms, includes advice about specific harms such as online child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying.
• Support to stay safe online includes security and privacy settings, blocking unsuitable content, and parental controls.

Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policies may be found below: