Safeguarding Team
Safeguarding children is a core priority for all of us and we prioritise best practice in this regard at all times. The school has six fully trained Level 3 Safeguarding Officers:
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Mr Ben Nelson- Smith
Head Teacher - Senior Designated Officer
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Mrs Alex Dolphin
SENCO
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Mrs Josie Ronson
Deputy Designated Officer
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Mrs Helen Harper
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Deputy Designated Officer (Nursery)
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Mrs Briony Rakestrow
Deputy Designated Officer (Office)
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Mrs Ruth Maxwell
Designated Safeguarding Governor ruth.maxwell@acexcellence.co.uk
In addition, all our staff have General Level 2 safeguarding training, which is updated every year and we practice safer recruitment so that all our staff, volunteers and governors have an enhanced DBS check prior to working with our children.
The school policies relating to safeguarding can be found on our policies page.
If you have any concerns regarding safeguarding/child protection please come in and talk to a member of the above designated team. You can also find more information via the links at the bottom of this page.
Early Help
When a child/young person/family needs something extra, Early Help is the initial response offered by all services in contact with children, young people and families. This builds an understanding to address extra needs and prevent situations from getting more difficult for children and young people. The aim of Early Help is to build on people’s capacity and resources to manage their own dilemmas, resolve their own difficulties and prevent further problems in the future. Early Help is not a designated team it is the way that EVERYONE works together to support the needs of families.
Prevent
Prevent relates to the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 which came into force on 01 July 2015. Since July 2015 there has been a duty on schools to have "due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism". This is called the Prevent duty.
Prevent is part of the Government's counter terrorism strategy. Its aim is to stop more people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism in all its forms. All our staff have been Prevent trained. Our designated Prevent Officer is Head Teacher, Mr Wilder.
Useful Links
https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
https://www.youngdevon.org/youth/mentalhealth
https://www.kooth.com/
https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect/child-sexual-exploitation/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/
https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/get-urgent-help/
https://www.educateagainsthate.com/
Relate for relationship advice and support
Bereavement Services
https://rainbowsgb.org/parents-and-carers/
https://www.winstonswish.org/helpline/
https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/feelings-and-symptoms/grief-and-loss/