Safeguarding Team

The safeguarding team is in charge of keeping children safe at home and at school. They are called Designated Safeguarding Leads.

Filtering and Monitoring Team

Coffee Morning

Contact Numbers

For social care support for disabled children

 

For police support

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

Safeguarding means:

• protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
• preventing harm to children's health or development
• ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.

Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.

What is Child Protection?

Child Protection is part of Safeguarding and promoting welfare. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy

You can find out more in our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

The children all have access to the child friendly version of the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

 

Safeguarding Policies

Prevent duty

Schools have a legal duty, called the Prevent duty, to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

At Shoreditch Park we take safeguarding extremely seriously and are aware that radicalisation can have a similarly effect on young people, families and communities. Protecting students from the influence of extremist ideas is therefore an important part of our school’s safeguarding role.

By fostering a strong school ethos, underpinned by our ASPIRE values and curriculum, and actively promoting fundamental British values (democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance) we actively promote our students’ resilience to extremist narratives and prepare them for life in modern Britain.

Please see below for some information relating to Prevent.

Support for parents

 Safeguarding our pupils involves working closely with our families. Our experienced Inclusion Team are here to help if you have any concerns or questions regarding pupil welfare or safeguarding in the community. Please see the parent factsheets below. See our online safety page for parent factsheets about staying safe online and specific websites and apps: https://www.shoreditchpark.hackney.sch.uk/parents/online-safety

Staff Understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection

All staff must read and sign Part 1 of Keeping children Safe in Education 2023 and all staff receive a minimum or one safeguarding and child protection training session annually.

Additionally there is a rolling programme of professional development for child facing staff to address safeguarding themes throughout the academic year.

Online Safety

Shoreditch Park School recognises the benefits and opportunities which new technologies offer to teaching and learning. We encourage the use of technology in order to enhance skills and promote achievement. However, the accessible and global nature of the internet and variety of technologies available mean that we are also aware of potential risks and challenges associated with such use. To find out more please read our Digital Safety Policy.

Click here to find out more about online safety at Shoreditch Park

Guidance for Parents on School Trips

We welcome parent support on some of our school trips. We as that parents familiarise themselves with the information below.

Safeguarding Information for Visitors