Safeguarding and Welfare Team

Miss C Smith Principal and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)	Mrs T Briggs  Pastoral Learning Mentor & Deputy DSL	Mr D Ringrose Pastoral Learning Mentor & Deputy DSL	Mrs S Johnson  Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) Maternity Leave

 

Sexual Abuse within Schools: Child on Child Abuse, Sexual Violence and Harassment and Harmful Sexual Behaviour:

Our position as a trust and within all our academies is clear: sexual violence and sexual harassment are never acceptable, will never be tolerated and are not an inevitable part of growing up. Such behaviour will never go unchallenged or become accepted and we remain committed to working openly and transparently to promote mutual respect. We will always act on concerns raised

Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy has guidance within it around the indicators of child-on-child abuse and harmful sexual behaviour along with our response procedures. All relevant Safeguarding Policies are available on individual academy websites.

All pupils are taught the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum.

Medeshamstede Academy's site specific safeguarding policy can be found below, as well as in the "Academy Policies" section in "About Us".

 

 

 

Please click on the below links to access current safeguarding guidance.

We are aware that a new version of Working Together to Safeguard Children was published in December 2023. Although our policies refer to the older version, which was current at the start of the academic year, we do of course comply with all the requirements of the new document.