The Beckmead Trust
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
2024- 2025
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.
Local Information
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ROLE/ORGANISATION |
NAME |
CONTACT DETAILS |
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Headteacher DSL |
Samantha Hoyer |
shoyer5@beckmeadtrust.org |
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Deputy Headteacher/s DDSL
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jmcinerney13@beckmeadtrust.org |
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SeniorAssistant Headteacher DDSL |
Vilma KavaliauskeMonks Orchard Rd |
vkavaliauske@beckmeadtrust.org |
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Senior Teachers DDSL |
Vikki Dercksen = Bramley Bank Kakra Sackey = Monks Orchard Rd |
ksackey1@beckmeadtrust.org |
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Pastoral Leads DDSL |
TBC Tharreo House/Bramley Bank Dean Rose = Monks Orchard Rd |
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Chair of Governors Safeguarding governors |
Wayne Cooper |
wcooper@beckmeadtrust.org |
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Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO): |
Steve Hall Jane Parr |
lado@croydon.gov.uk 0208 255 2889 |
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SPOC (Single Point of Contact): |
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Email SPOC referrals to: childrenferrals@croydon.gov.uk
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Croydon Safeguarding Children Board (CSCB) |
Website: croydonlcsb.org.uk Safeguarding learning & development
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Email: safeguardingchildrenboard@croydon.gov.uk Tel: 0208 604 7275
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Lead Officer – Education Safeguarding and School Attendance |
Mark Malcolm |
Mark.malcolm@croydon.gov.uk |
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National helplines: |
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NSPCC helpline 0808 800 5000 Childline 0800 1111
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