Safeguarding Grey Court Model

1. SafeguardingGrey Court Model

2. Parental Engagement Wellbeing Support School Ethos Safe Environment How Grey Court School keeps students safe Staff Training Teaching and Learning Employing Staff

3. The School Ethos • We strive to ensure a safe, caring and friendly environment where students and staff are encouraged to adopt healthy lifestyles • We are a listening school with an ‘open door’ policy • We have clear and robust routes to raising concerns and students and staff know who to go to with any concerns, however small • We are a restorative school where positive relationships between staff, students, parents and other professionals are highly valued and central to exemplary practice • Students are encouraged to be aspirational • We strive to prepare students for lifelong learning and the world beyond school • Employing Staff • Safeguarding is referred to in job adverts and person specifications for vacancies • Interview questions target Child Protection specifically • References are verified • A Single Central Register of staff is maintained by the HR manager and is checked termly by the Chair of Governors • All statutory checks are carried out on staff • Safeguarding information is given to visitors and displayed in reception • Wellbeing Support • We have a multi-layered pastoral system to ensure easy access to support • Student Support Officers in every year who work with students, parents and multiagency teams to ensure safety and wellbeing • A school based Family Support Worker who works closely with students and parents to ensure good attendance • SEN and SALT departments to identify and support the needs of AEN students • Educational Psychologist support • A Student Support Centre • Mentoring • Careers advice and guidance • Two school based counsellors • A drug and alcohol worker • Young Carers’ Programme • Breakfast club • Lunchtime and after school clubs • Resilience programmes focusing on social skills, self esteem and behaviour • Friendship issues resolved through restorative approaches • Sports Mentoring • Assemblies addressing cyber bullying, internet safety, British Values and extremism Safeguarding

4. Curriculum • We have an inspirational and aspirational curriculum • The school curriculum promotes wellbeing and healthy lifestyles through the teaching of SMSC, physical exercise, cooking and healthy eating, mindfulness and Tai Chi • Our CPSHE curriculum ensures the teaching of sex and relationships, alcohol and substance misuse, internet safety, healthy relationships, British values and extremism, bullying, personal safety , diversity • Relevant current safeguarding issues are addressed in tutor periods • We aim to minimise any barriers to learning through personalised interventions and multiagency work • Our student planners include a ‘keep Safe’ page with contact details of relevant organisations where students can seek help if required for a variety of issues • A safeguarding noticeboard displays relevant messages and information • Regular safeguarding messages published in the weekly e-bulletin • Staff training • A robust induction programme • Regular child protection training • E-safety training • All staff to read Keeping Children Safe In Education document • Governors are training • Training opportunities respond to individual pupil/staff needs • Safe Environment • High standards of maintenance • Daily routines – first day absence phone calls, sign in/out book • Safeguarding statement on the back of visitors’ lanyards • Parent mail & text messaging services for changes to daily routines/emergency school closure • Displays around the school – school charter/ classroom rules; student support • Fire drills – timed & recorded • Site security – electronic gates, CCTV • Risk assessments are undertaken for all school trips and on site events Safeguarding • Parental Engagement • A robust induction programme for Year 6 students • Year 6- 11 parent information evening • Start of term parent information evenings- includes workshops on e-safety and supporting children in the school • Parent questionnaires • E-bulletin information and communication about personal safety and well-being

5. Frank Kitson – Chair of Governors Designated Governor Safeguarding policy Central record Safer recruitment Headteacher- Maggie Bailey Designated Safeguarding Lead Vicki Price - Associate Headteacher Neil Knox-Hall MAT Director of Finances Gary Bashford Associate Headteacher Kathy Welton HR Manager Sharon Mercer Director of Wellbeing Deputy DSL Maureen Branagan-Freeman School Nurse Attendance Behaviour PREVENT Policies Line Manage Phase Leaders Parent Feedback Risk Assessments Health and Safety Line Manage Network Central record Safer recruitment Attendance Wellbeing Referrals Multi -agency working Policies Pass Survey Line manage SSOs Healthy Schools Resilience workshops Vulnerability register Amy Jackson (Deputy Headteacher) and Rebecca Gonyora (Director of Inclusion/ LAC) Chris Rhodes Deputy Headteacher- Progress EHCP Plans Line manage SENCO ED Psych SALT Tracking and Intervention Heather James PDW lead Student Support Officers Ian Poole/ Bernie Corrighan Post 16/ NEET Suzanne Price Family Support Worker ALL GREY COURT STAFF

6. Staff Trainingall staff- and new staff ( including PGCE trainees)Introduction to child protection at Grey Court SchoolIntroduction, background and legislationAttitudes & ValuesLegislative Context and DocumentationKeeping Children safe in educationEmerging issuesDefinitions & signs of abuseManaging concerns and confidentiality Our school policy and proceduresSafer Working Practice

7. Staff Training Record- Emerging Issues1)FGM ( 10th May 2016 )2)Sexting (15th November 2016)3)Extremism and Radicalisation (20th September 2017)4)Online Safety (20th September 2017)5)PREVENT Duty (30th/31st October 2017)6)Healthy Relationships (30th/31st October 2017)7) The adolescent Brain and Mental health (28th November 2017)8) CSE (September 2018)