LEARN MORE ABOUT
Safeguarding
Kickstart and the Learning Community Trust is
Committed to keeping our students safe both in and outside school
We have staff who are trained to deal with safeguarding and child protection and our students and staff know who these people are as the information is highly visible around the campus. In addition, all our staff receive regular training on safeguarding, and other high priority element of keeping your people safe.
All the trusts academies have the ethos to create and maintain a safe learning environment where all children and adults feel safe, secure, and valued and know they will be listened to and taken seriously. Our academy is committed to ‘every child matters’, ‘keeping children safe in education’ and implements policies, practices and procedures which promote safeguarding and the emotional and physical wellbeing of children, young people and staff.
Our polices in relation to safeguarding can be found on our policies page – click here
What is safeguarding?
It might be difficult to accept, but every child can be hurt, put at risk of harm, or abused, regardless of their age, gender, religion, or ethnicity. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:
- protecting children from maltreatment
- preventing impairment of children’s mental health or development
- ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes
In line with statutory guidance, Kickstart is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children (anyone under the age of 18 years old). Every employee (permanent or temporary) and governor of the academy, as well as every volunteer who assists at the academy, is aware that it is their legal duty to protect children from harm.
Our safeguarding team
Kickstart’s designated safeguarding and child protection lead is:
- Peter Ford
In addition of the designated safeguarding lead, who is the person with ultimate responsibility for safeguarding, there is a team of deputy designated safeguarding leads to support and safeguard our students:
- Emma Rennie-Gibbons
- Tammy Gilsenan
- Matthew Bates
Reach out
Contacting the safeguarding team
The safeguarding team can be contacted during our opening hours. Outside these hours, out of hours safeguarding information can be found out the Learning Community Trust’s website – click here
Please remember, if yourself or someone is in immediate risk of harm, please contact 999 or visit your nearest A&E.
Call the academy on 01952 387890
Request a call back (during office hours)
