Safeguarding

"Safeguarding is effective. pupils are cared for well and taught, systematically, how to keep themselves safe in a range of situations." School Ofsted Report, June 2019

 

In England the law states that people who work with children have to keep them safe. 

This safeguarding legislation is set out in The Children Act, (1989) and (2004). 

It also features in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (to which the UK is a signatory) and sets out the rights of children to be free from abuse. 

The Government also provides guidance in its document Working Together to Safeguard Children.

At the academy, safeguarding means:

• protecting students from maltreatment
• preventing impairment of students’ health or development
• ensuring that students are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.
• taking action to enable all students to have the best outcome

We take Safeguarding seriously because we know it can have a huge impact on learning. With this in mind, we have policies and procedures in place for safeguarding and child protection in order to:

• protect students from harm and abuse
• enable staff and volunteers to know what to do if they are worried

We feel everybody is responsible for safeguarding and we take great pride in this work.

Our designated safeguarding lead is Lisa Davies, Headteacher. Please contact her in the first instance if you have any immediate concerns about the safety or well-being of students in the school, or don’t know who else to contact.

• Lisa Davies - Headteacher ldavies@harpendenacademy.co.uk 

The deputy designated safeguarding leads are:

• Louise Curtis – Deputy Headteacher lcurtis@harpendenacademy.co.uk
• Rochelle Cherry - Inclusion Lead rcherry@harpendenacademy.co.uk