SAFEGUARDING
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Miss. L. Smith
Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Mr. M. Strong
Child Protection Lead, Early Help Lead: Mrs. B. James
Named Governor Safeguarding: Mrs. J. Moran
Safeguarding your children is our top priority. The academy will continue to monitor the safeguarding of vulnerable children and to support families in difficulty at this time and will be available for contact should parents have any concerns they need to report or discuss. If you have any such concerns, please contact the academy through a new email address:
pastoralsupport@stbernadettesacademy.com Pastoral Support page
Safeguarding children and young people is the responsibility of everyone.
Serious safeguarding concern and referral
If you are concerned that a child is being abused or they may be at risk of harm, you should contact and make a referral to North Lincolnshire’s Single Access Point Team on:
- 01724 296500 (9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4.30pm Friday)
- 08081 689667 (freephone)
- 01724 296555 (answerphone – out of office hours and at weekends)
- 101 – Police non-emergency
- 999 – Police emergency
To our pupils, if you have any safeguarding concerns or worries that you feel you need to talk to someone about, please use the following websites.
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/our-helplines
Online safety activity packs from Think u Know
To Our Parents
There is a lot of support available to keep your child safe online. Below are some useful links to help parents and carers:
- Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
- Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Net-aware (support for parents and carers from the NSPCC)
- Online Safety advice and links page