Child Protection and Safeguarding
Keeping children safe
At Cranbrook Education Campus we strongly recognise the need for vigilant awareness of safeguarding issues. All staff have received appropriate training and induction so they understand their roles and responsibilities and are confident about carrying them out.
Staff, pupils, parents and governors feel secure that they can raise any issues or concerns about the safety or welfare of children and know that they will be listened to and taken seriously. This is achieved by maintaining an ethos of safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and protecting staff.
We have a duty to refer all safeguarding issues to external agencies that need to be involved.
The Senior Designated Lead’s for child protection are;
- Mr Nick Murray - Assistand Headteacher Every Child Succeeds (Opportunities) All-through - Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mr Stephen Farmer – Head of Campus/Secondary Headteacher – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Catherine Edingham – Deputy Head of Campus & Head of Primary – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Diane Brown - Deputy Head of Campus & Head of Secondary - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Sophie Goguel – Child Protection & Campus Safeguarding Lead
- Mr Russ Williams – Family Support Worker
- Mrs Sarah O'Shea - Nominated Safeguarding Governor for Campus
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
You can contact any of the above staff at the Campus on 01404 823293 or [email protected]
The Senior Leadership Team and Chair of Governors have completed training in safer recruitment and implemented rigorous recruitment processes for all posts connected to the college. Our Business Support Officer, maintains a thorough and up-to-date single record of DBS checks.
We work with Operation Encompass the early reporting on to schools that a child or young person has been exposed to domestic abuse.
Use the links at the bottom of this page to find out more about how to report abuse, online safety, radicalisation, well-being, child sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation and to find our list of safeguarding links and downloads.
Cranbrook Education Campus has an ongoing and continuing commitment to safeguarding, which includes:
- A written safeguarding policy and up-to-date child protection procedures which have been agreed with the governing body.
- A nominated governor to champion child protection issues.
- Training at the appropriate level for all staff and volunteers.
- Robust staff recruitment and selection processes which safeguard children.
Devon Children's Front Door
The Devon Front Door incorporates the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), which is Children’s Services first point of contact and the start of the child and family’s social care journey. The Front Door receives all the requests for early help and safeguarding from people who are worried and concerned for children. These requests can come from professionals, such as the Police, Education and Health, but also members of the public, family members and young people themselves.
The job of the Front Door is to identify, assess and make safe at the earliest opportunity all vulnerable children and families in our communities. We do this through the sharing of information and intelligence across the safeguarding partnership, such as health, education, Police, and probation, to name but a few. This supports us to make an informed decisions about how best to progress and support our vulnerable children and families.
Make a request for support or report a child safety concern
Making a request for support – parents, carers, and the general public
If you think a child is at risk of significant harm or want to talk about your concerns about a child or family, you can contact us on 0345 155 1071. Calls are confidential and you can choose to remain anonymous. Our lines are open Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-4pm.
If you need help outside of these hours or at weekends or bank holidays, please call our Emergency Duty Service on 0345 6000 388.
If you have a hear impairment or are deaf, please email [email protected].
If you have concerns that a child or young person is at immediate risk of harm, you should contact the Police on 999.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Please click here to access the latest version of Keeping Children Safe in Education
Devon Children and Families Partnership (DCFP)
If you want to find out more about recognising the warning signs of child abuse, finding support and keeping children safe and healthy, the Devon Children and Families Partnership (DCFP) provides clear and useful information, as well as signposting to other resources.
The importance of the Prevent strategy
Prevent relates to the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 which came into force on 1 July 2015.
Since 1 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.
At Cranbrook Education Campus all our staff have completed whole school Prevent training and understand the importance of the Prevent strategy.
All our staff understand the duty they have to ensure British values are embedded into our curriculum and pastoral care to support healthy discussion and debate and to promote tolerance.
All our staff understand that any concerns re potential radicalisation and or extremism should be treated as a safeguarding issue and reported to our safeguarding team.
Our safeguarding team understand the South West Prevent Strategy and how to make a referral.