Safeguarding
Illness and Infection control
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E-Safety
eSafety is all about keeping children and young people safe online. At Demeter House, we do our best to keep our students from accessing unsuitable material online and have filters in place on our internet to help reduce the risk of this. We also supervise the students at all times when they are accessing the internet. There is an eSafety home/school agreement in the student planners that we ask all students to sign and we will restrict their access to ICT equipment if they do not follow the guidelines that we have in place for their safety.
If you have any concerns about keeping your child safe online please feel free to contact us for some over the phone advice, face to face meeting or general information.
Support to set up parental controls
Talking to your child so that you understand what they’re doing online can help you to explain and protect them from any risks, such as grooming and seeing inappropriate content.
For further support, you can:
* call the O2 NSPCC Advice Line on 0808 800 5002 for advice on apps, sites, games and online safety.
* visit an O2 Guru in store – trained advisors can help you set up parental controls.
* use Net Aware to have a look at the apps, sites and games children like to play online.
Please also see the links below for more information/advice:
https://ceop.police.uk/safety-centre
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety
http://www.childline.org.uk/Explore/OnlineSafety/Pages/OnlineSafety.aspx
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/barnardos_today/resources_internet_safety.htm
Child Protection
The key guidance for child protection is Working together to safeguard children (Department for Education, 2023). This states:
The guidance makes it clear that protecting children from abuse, neglect and exploitation requires cooperation across all agencies at all levels.
In addition, section 11 of the Children Act 2004 places a statutory duty on certain agencies to co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. This includes:
- local authorities
- NHS services and trusts
- police
- probation services and young offenders institutions.
How to report concerns about a child’s welfare
If you think a child is in immediate danger, contact the police on 999. If you’re worried about a child but they are not in immediate danger, you should share your concerns.
- Follow your organisational child protection procedures. Organisations that work with children and families must have safeguarding policies and procedures in place.
- Contact the NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000 or by emailing help@nspcc.org.uk. Our child protection specialists will talk through your concerns with you and give you expert advice.
- Contact your local child protection services. Their contact details can be found on the website for the local authority the child lives in.
- Contact the police.
Health and Safety
During the summer months, our school has been making some changes to expand our offering. Our newly built 6th Form building shall be open in September and welcoming students (insert 6th form page link here).
Useful Contacts
If you need further support, the following may be helpful:
Samaritans 116 123 (24hr helpline)
Childline 0800 1111 (24hr helpline)
NSPCC 0800 800 5000
Young Minds 0808 802 5544 (parent helpline, for any adult with concerns about the mental health of a child or young person)
Frank 0300 123 6600 (Confidential drugs advice)
Prevent 020 7340 7264
(Preventing extremism and radicalization in schools and children’s services)
Local Authority SEND Teams:
North Lincolnshire 01724 297148 North Lincs Local Offer Website
North East Lincolnshire 01472 323165 North East Lincs Local Offer Website
Lincolnshire 01522 552222 Lincs Local Offer Website
Doncaster 01302 734961 Doncaster Local Offer Website
East Riding 01482 392163 East Riding Local Offer Website
Hull 01482 300300 Hull Local Offer Website
OFSTED: 0300 1231231
Sixth Form Information