The Beckmead Trust
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
2023- 2024
Safeguarding legislation and government guidance defines safeguarding as:
- 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
- Taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes
Safeguarding includes:
Safeguarding is underpinned by core working practices including child protection, health care plans, health and safety, site security, safety on school trips, anti-bullying work and so much more. The Trust’s central team plays a key role in training, leading and auditing safeguarding across the Trust schools. We work very closely with our Local Authority’s to ensure that we are fully joined up in our approach and that we develop a strong and pervasive safeguarding culture in every aspect of school life.
Each school publishes its own safeguarding policy, outlining local arrangements and noting all key safeguarding staff.
The Trust adheres to the following three DFE safeguarding documents:
- Working Together to Safeguard Children
- Keeping Children Safe in Education
- The Prevent Duty
The Trust and its schools have a suite of Safeguarding documents which are reviewed regularly and can be found on this website
All our staff, whatever their role, receive annual Child Protection and Safeguarding update training and are aware of the procedures for passing on concerns within school. If any members of the school or local community have concerns about the welfare of a child in one of our schools, please pass them on to the named colleagues at the applicable school.
At Chaffinch Brook School our Designated Safeguarding leads are:
Abbie Vernum, Ilaria Azzopardi and Patrick Hawthorne.
Our deputy Designated Safeguarding lead is:
Mwamba Nkole.
Please find Chaffinch Brook's Safeguarding Policy and the Designated Safeguarding Leads' contact details below:
|
ROLE/ORGANISATION |
NAME |
CONTACT DETAILS |
|
Designated safeguarding lead (DSL) |
Abbie Vernum Ilaria Azzopardi Patrick Hawthorne |
avernum@beckmeadtrust.org iazzopardi@beckmeadtrust.org phawthorne1@beckmeadtrust. org |
|
Deputy DSL |
Mwamba Nkole |
Mnkole1@beckmeadtrust.org |
|
Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) |
Steve Hall Jane Parr |
Steve.Hall@croydon.gov.uk Tel: 0208 255 2889 Mob: 07825 830328 jane.parr@croydon.gov.uk Tel: 0208 726 6000 (Ext. 84343) Mob: 07985 590505 |
|
Chair of Governors |
Wayne Cooper |
wcooper8@beckmeadtrust.org 07961951491 |
|
Channel helpline |
020 7340 7264 |
|
Social Care Referral (eg MASH) |
Croydon SPOC |
https://my.croydon.gov.uk/Ma shReferrals (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) 0208 255 2888 for urgent child protection matters that require the same day intervention from a SPOC social worker. SPOC Consultation:(Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) 0208 726 6464 where professionals with safeguarding responsibilities can consult early help consultants or social workers in the SPOC for advice on non urgent cases. Out of hours:5pm - 9am Monday- Friday, 24 hours Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays 0208 726 6400 |
