Safeguarding Introduction

Safeguarding contact details:

Director of Safeguarding: Mr D Royston-Webb - Email: droyston-webb.grn@affinitylp.co.uk

Safeguarding Officer: Mrs E Orme - Email:  eorme.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk

Safeguarding Officer: Mr M Preston - Email: mpreston.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk 

Safeguarding Officer: Miss S Knight - Email: sknight.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk

Early Help Practitioner (ERS): Mrs C McKay – Email: cmckay.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk  

Safeguarding Governor: Mr A Hobson - Email: ahobson.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk  

 

In the event of an emergency, where a child is at risk, the police should be called on 999.

If you have a safeguarding concern outside of academy term dates (i.e. during the school holidays), these can be raised by emailing 'safeguarding.tpa@affinitylp.co.uk'

 

Safeguarding / Child Protection Policy

Everyone working at The Pingle Academy shares a common objective to keep children and young people safe by active contribution to, and participation in:

  • Providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn, develop and feel safe.
  • Identifying children and young people who may be at risk of harm.
  • Working to support those children and young people identified as being in need or at risk of harm by collaboration with multi-agency professionals.
  • Commitment to active participation in all mandatory safeguarding training events as well as regular updates and briefings.

 

We have a number of staff that have undertaken enhanced safeguarding training across the academy. This team consists of all members of the Academy Leadership Team and all pastoral staff as shown below:

Safeguarding team poster updated jun 26

 

Multi-agency approach:

The Pingle Academy is committed to the safeguarding of all our students.  As such, we understand that multi-agency working is essential in safeguarding children. Our duty to protect the students in our care from significant harm, depends on our effective joint working with a range of external agencies including both statutory and non-statutory services.  We work in close partnership with a number of local services in order to support our students and their families.