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Safeguarding
‘Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and duty’
Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play in safeguarding. At St Augustine Academy, our first and foremost priority is to keep our students safe and healthy.
At the Academy:
The St Augustine Academy Safeguarding Team has been trained to an advanced level on all aspects of safeguarding. The team is available to any student, parent, or school staff member to discuss and report any safeguarding concerns.
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) – Mr N Leatherbarrow – Assistant Principal
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL) – Mrs N Wiggan – Safeguarding Officer
Designated Persons:
- Mrs L Gordon-Shellam - Attendance and In Year Admissions Manager
- Miss V Gillard - Intensive Support Advisor
- Mr G Langford – Head of Year 10
- Mrs L Foreman – Assistant Attendance Officer
- Dr J Harrison – Assistant Principal - SENCo
Mr Ball the Principal also holds the advanced level safeguarding qualification and oversees all safeguarding arrangements at St Augustine Academy.
You can view all our policies here
Outside of the Academy:
Outside of the Academy:
Please take advice from Kent County Council about what to do if you think a child is at risk of abuse, neglect or sexual exploitation.
Protecting children - Kent County Council
You can also contact Kent Safeguarding Children multi-agency partnership.
Home - Kent Safeguarding Children Multi-Agency Partnership
You can also call the NSPCC Helpline: 0808 800 5000
If you are a young person:
If you are a young person:
Childline offers free, confidential advice and support whatever your worry, whenever you need help. You can call Childline on 0800 1111 or have a look at the website: http://www.childline.org.uk/pages/home.aspx
Keeping our student’s safe means:
Keeping our student’s safe means:
- Prioritising the health and safety of all our students
- Making sure that the adults who work here have undergone safety and security checks
- Protecting our students from deliberate harm
- Being an anti-bullying school
- Being proactive against racist and other prejudiced behaviour
- Being proactive against attempts to indoctrinate our students into forms of extreme ideology through radicalisation, extremism or terrorism
- Protecting our students from harassment and discrimination
- Ensuring a positive approach to behaviour management
- Meeting the needs of students with medical conditions
- Providing first aid
- Protecting our students from drug and substance abuse
- Ensuring students enjoy safe educational visits
- Caring for students' personal needs
- Keeping our students safe when using the Internet and making sure they are aware of cyber bullying and e-safety
- Making sure our school site is secure and safe
- Ensuring students know who to go in school if they have a problem
- Being a "listening school"
- Maintaining an attitude of "it could happen here"
The safety, health and wellbeing of all our students is our number one priority.
