Safeguarding Your Safeguarding Team is: Safeguarding Nathalie Hart Designated Safeguarding Lead
Michael McGinty Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead Senior School
Kate El-Asmar Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead Senior School
Jessica Ballie-Whyte Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead Senior School
PARENT & PUPIL HANDBOOK 2021/22
The School and its Governing Body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff to share this commitment. It is our desire to create an open environment where staff and pupils feel able to raise concerns and where concerns will be listened to with a readiness to involve support services and other agencies. If you have a Child Protection or Safeguarding issue you can contact Mrs Hart, Deputy Head Pastoral/ Designated Safeguarding Lead or a member of the Safeguarding Team. We offer simpler access to advice and support ensuring a prompt response when children or young people are considered to be at risk. Alternatively you can Contact Croydon Safeguarding Board • If you believe a child is at immediate risk of harm, call 999 •F or Urgent Action call the Single Point of Contact 0208 255 2888 – (same day intervention by a social worker) •o r Urgent Action out of Hours call 0208 726 6400 – this is the for the emergency social work service for urgent child protection matters that cannot wait until the next working day. Inevitably some families will experience breakdown and face personal difficulties of this kind during their child’s time at Royal Russell. As a School, all we ask is that you keep us closely informed of you decision to separate or divorce. In these situations, we would invite you into school together to discuss the best ways in which we can support your child through difficult times. We appreciate that this may be difficult, but we know from experience that despite the personal difficulties, both parents usually want to continue to work effectively together as parents to their son or daughter. Also should you be reconciled, we ask that you let us know about that too.
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