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Yewlands Academy

Safeguarding

Reporting Concerns

If you have a safeguarding concern about a Yewlands child or young person, please contact the Academy safeguarding team. Out of hours or in an emergency, please call 999 or the Sheffield safeguarding hub on 0114 273 4855

Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership - scsp (safeguardingsheffieldchildren.org)

Contact us | NSPCC

Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online? CEOP is a law enforcement agency and is here to keep children and young people safe from sexual exploitation and abuse. You can report your concerns to CEOP using the link below.

CEOP

If a parent/carer has any concern about the safety of any child in school, please contact one of the safeguarding team outlined below - they are there to offer support and guidance. If they are not available, a member of the Leadership Team will always offer help.

Safeguarding Children and Young People

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:

  • protecting children from maltreatment;
  • preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;
  • ensuring that children grow 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 a key aspect of safeguarding which is protecting children from abuse and maltreatment. Child protection involves working with social care and/or the police when a child is deemed to be at risk of significant harm.

There are 4 categories of child abuse. These are:

Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Emotional Abuse
Neglect

Safeguarding at Yewlands Academy

Staff in school have a legal duty to report any concerns that they may have about the children and young people in their care; if they are concerned that the child may be suffering significant harm, particularly as a consequence of possible physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect.

Our school has a senior member of staff with special responsibility for Child Protection – Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and a number of Deputy DSDs. The Child Protection Team in school undertakes regular training, as do all staff in the academy, and are experienced in dealing with all safeguarding matters swiftly and effectively to ensure our young people are safe and happy in their learning.

All adults working with or on behalf of children have a responsibility to protect them. However, the key people within Yewlands Academy who have specific responsibilities are:

 

Ms Rachel Burgan - System Leader for Safeguarding & SEND

Email: rburgan@brigantiatrust.net

 

Miss Bal Sembhy - Vice Principal - Inclusion/DSL

Email: bsembhy@brigantiatrust.net

   

Miss Nicole Oldham - Designated Safeguarding Deputy Lead

Email: noldham@brigantiatrust.net

     

Mrs Chrissie Candow - Designated Safeguarding Deputy Lead

Email: ccandow@brigantiatrust.net

  

Miss Mel Bellamy - Designated Safeguarding Deputy

Email: mbellamy@brigantiatrust.net

 

Mrs Katie Carter - Young Carers Champion

Email: kcarter@brigantiatrust.net

 

Mr Michael EasdownDesignated Safeguarding Deputy / Online Safety Coordinator Support

Email: measdown@brigantiatrust.net

 

Miss Caitie Travis - Designated Safeguarding Deputy

Email: ctravis@brigantiatrust.net

 

Miss Paige Unwin - Designated Safeguarding Deputy

Email: punwin@brigantiatrust.net

 

Policies

The school has policies on Safeguarding, Child Protection and E-Safety that have been agreed by the Trust Board. Information about Safeguarding is available at school Reception and on our Policies page.

Yewlands Academy Policies

Operation Encompass

Operation Encompass is a unique Police and Education early intervention safeguarding partnership which ensures that a child's school is informed, prior to the start of the next school day, that there has been an incident of Domestic Abuse to which the child or young person has been exposed.

We are an operation encompass Academy and work closely with South Yorkshire Police.

Please see additional related policies below.

 

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024

Operation Encompass Resources

Please contact us if you need any further information on Safeguarding.