Safeguarding

As defined in Keeping Children Safe In Education, safeguarding and promoting the the welfare of children means:

• Providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge.
• Protecting children from maltreatment whether that is within or outside the home, including online.
• Preventing impairment of children's mental and physical 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.

The CE Academy aims to ensure that:

• Appropriate action is taken in a timely manner to safeguard and promote children's welfare.
• All staff are aware of, and fully understand their statutory responsibilities with respect to safeguarding.
• Staff are effectively trained in recognising and reporting safeguarding issues.
• A whole-school approach to safeguarding (ie safeguarding culture) is clear, and that safeguarding underpins all relevant systems and processes with a continuing commitment and ongoing vigilance.

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Designated Safeguarding/Prevent/E-safety Lead

Assistant Head Claire Smith - csmith@ce-academy.org

Deputy Designated Safeguarding/Prevent/E-safety Leads

Headteacher James Thomas - jthomas@ce-academy.org

Deputy Headteacher Lou Bridger - lbridger@ce-academy.org

Safeguarding Officer Ellie Matthews - ematthews@ce-academy.org

Senior Mental Health Lead/Occupational Therapist Hayley Singlehurst-Mooney - hsinglehurstmooney@ce-academy.org

If there is no immediate danger or if you need advice, contact the Northamptonshire Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH): Telephone: 0300 126 7000

Reports can also be made online https://nctrust.co.uk/report-a-concern-or-request-support/

If it is an emergency and you think that a child may be in immediate danger please contact the emergency services directly by calling 999.

If you need to contact MASH urgently during the evening, at night or at the weekend, please phone the MASH out-of-hours team on 0300 126 7000

Links to websites

Worried about a child?

Follow this link to the NSPCC

Childline - Report Remove

Local support information

• Multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) 0300 126 7000
• Out of hours emergency duty team 0300 126 7000
• Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) can be contacted via LADOConsultations@NCTrust.co.uk

Andy Smith – 07850 854 309
Sheila Kempster – 07831 123 193

• LADO Business Support can be contacted via phone:

Beth Panter – 07836 687 844
Adebola Attah – 07836 690 052

• Report a concern or request support | Northampton Children's Trust (nctrust.co.uk)
• Early Help Team cfss@nctrust.co.uk
• Early Help Partnership Support Coordinator - Stephanie Tennant Stephanie.Tennant@nctrust.co.uk 
• Prevent Team - 101
• Prevent | Northamptonshire Police (northants.police.uk)
• CAMHS consultation line  9am to 7pm, Monday to Friday on 0800 170 7055
• CAMHS Crisis 21/7 0800 170 7055

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