Safeguarding

The safeguarding of all members of our community is of paramount importance to us and we are committed to making sure this permeates everything that we do.

We work tirelessly to ensure students are safe, feel empowered to discuss any concerns they have and are able to learn in a caring, positive and supportive learning environment.

For information and advice, and to report concerns directly to CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), click on the image below. 

Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means:
Protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health or development,
ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and
effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Child Protection: is part of safeguarding and promoting student welfare. It involves measures and
structures designed to prevent and respond to significant harm, abuse, exploitation and neglect.
Safeguarding includes: Child Protection, Health Care Plans, Health and Safety, Site Security, Safety on school trips and visits, Safer recruitment – School Central Record & DBS checks, online safety and associated issues, anti-bullying work, children’s & learner’s health, mental health and emotional wellbeing and so much more.
Our Safeguarding policy can be found below, and also on the policies and guidance section of this
website.
This policy is reviewed regularly, and all staff receive annual Child Protection and Safeguarding
update training and are aware of the internal procedures for passing on concerns within the
academy.
If any member of the academy or local community has concerns about the welfare of a student in
the academy, then please direct them to a member of our Safeguarding Team.

Alternatively, anyone can make a referral using Suffolk County Council’s Customer First service. Call 0808  800 4005 at any time.