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Safeguarding

If you are worried yourself, or have concerns about a friend, colleague, child or young person from 宅男视频APP, please reach out to us safeguarding@combertonvc.org.

The Safeguarding Team at Comberton Village College are:

What do we do at 宅男视频APP to safeguard?

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility.  Everyone who comes into contact with children, their families, and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. 

To ensure we fulfil this responsibility at Comberton Village College, all professionals are trained to ensure their approach is child-centred; what is always in the best interest of the child.  No single professional can have a full picture of a child’s needs and circumstances. If children and families are to receive the right help at the right time, everyone who comes into contact with them has a role to play in identifying concerns and the sharing of information, on a 'need to know' basis. The Safeguarding Team will ensure the information is collated and dealt with appropriately. 

• Staff are vigilant – staff are very good at noticing the small changes and listening to the concerns of those in our care. The pastoral teams are well placed in this process however all staff play an active role in this
• Designated Safeguarding Team – we have a specific team of people working each day to address concerns raised by staff, pupils, parents and external agencies. The safeguarding team works to make sure concerns are addressed and the appropriate support is advised
• Pupil Voice – we encourage pupils to speak to us or raise their concerns via the ‘Concerned about a child’ button on the website, emailing safeguarding@combertonvc.org or speaking to a member of staff or the Safeguarding team

At 宅男视频APP we work hard to make sure that we build positive relationships with the pupils in our care, and we hope that we can support families in safeguarding our pupils and young people.

Safeguarding Policy can be found here.

Keeping Children Safe in Education document can be found .

Working Together to Safeguard Children can be found .

Prevent Action Plan 2024-25 (宅男视频APP & Sixth Form) can be found here.

Child-on-Child Abuse Policy can be found here.

To the left of this page is our termly Safeguarding Newsletters. Within these newsletters you will find news and information from the Safeguarding Team as well as relevant information which will help to keep our young people safe. We hope you find this resource helpful.

How can we help you?

To help us all understand some of the areas of concern for children and young people today, we have included information and resources which you can access using the tabs in the left column. We hope you will find this information helpful.

If you have any concerns about your child or a student at 宅男视频APP, please contact us via safeguarding@combertonvc.org  or use the 'Concerned About a Child' button at the top of this page.

During the holidays

Please be aware that during the holidays the safeguarding email inbox will only be checked periodically.

If you become aware of any situation in which you think that a child may be at risk over the holiday period, please make a referral to by calling 0345 045 5203 (during office hours) or 01733 234 724 (out of hours).  If you think you or the child is in immediate danger and needs urgent help, please call the police on 999.

 

Under section 175 of the Education Act 2002 (as amended), *the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015, and the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (as amended) to have arrangements in place to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

We will endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued.

The school will therefore be alert to signs of abuse and neglect and will follow the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Children Partnership Board’s procedures to ensure that children receive appropriate and effective support and protection.

Parents/carers should know that the law requires all school staff to pass on information which gives rise to a concern about a child’s welfare, including risk from neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse and exploitation. Parents/carers should know that records of safeguarding concerns may be kept about their child.  They should be informed that school staff will seek, in general, to discuss any concerns with them including referrals to other agencies.

Local procedures state that “Consent should always be sought from an adult with parental responsibility for the child/young person before passing information about them to Children’s Social Care, unless seeking consent would place the child at risk of significant harm or may lead to the loss of evidence for example destroying evidence of a crime or influencing a child about a disclosure made.”  This includes allowing them to share information without consent, if it is not possible to gain consent, if it cannot be reasonably expected that a professional gains consent, or if to gain consent would place a child at risk.

Where there is a need to share special category personal data, the Data Protection Act 2018 contains ‘safeguarding of children and individuals at risk’ as a processing condition that allows professionals to share information.

In accordance with legislation and local Information Sharing protocols, we will ensure that information is shared securely and sensitively.  Information will only be shared with other services where it is deemed necessary and proportionate to ensure that children and young people are safe and receive the right service. In all circumstances, the safety of the child will be the paramount concern.

Schools will contact Children’s Social Care when they have reasonable cause to suspect a child may be suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. Occasionally, concerns are passed on which are later shown to be unfounded.  Parents/carers will appreciate that the member of staff in the school with responsibility for child protection (known as the Designated Safeguarding Lead or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) was carrying out their responsibilities in accordance with the law and acting in the best interests of all children.

Holding power

Under Section 3 (5) of the Children Act 1989, any person who has care of a child “may….do what is reasonable in all the circumstances of the case for the purpose of safeguarding promoting the child’s welfare”.  This means that on rare occasions, a school may need to “hold” a child in school whilst Social Care and the Police investigate any concerns further.