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Links and Further Support
Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional) or neglect can have a damaging effect on a child’s physical and mental health, educational attainment and emotional well-being. Some changes in a child’s behaviour may not necessarily indicate that a child is suffering abuse or neglect. In some cases those changes may be symptoms of a hidden disability, undiagnosed medical condition or a change in medication.
If you become concerned about:
- Comments made by a child
- Marks or bruising on a child
- Changes in a child’s behaviour
- Changes in a child’s appearance
Please report these concerns to one of our Safeguarding Leads or click the red reporting button below.
If you are concerned about safety of an activity or any aspect within school, please also report it to one of our Safeguarding Leads.
Report a safeguarding concern via email to the DSL team
Report any concerns in regards to bullying
If you have concerns, please do NOT decide to do nothing or leave our school without telling anyone.
Parents
- NSPCC
- Childline
- Digital Parenting
- Kidscape
- Happy Maps
- Mentally Healthy School
- Rethink
- Release the pressure
- Everyturn Mental Health
- MIND
- Kent Mental Health and wellbeing hub
- Porchlight
- NHS Choose the right service
- Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Services
- The Challenging behaviour foundation
County Lines and Criminal Exploitation of Children
- Criminal exploitation: a guide for parents: information about what to do if you think a child is being exploited
- Capturing and reporting intelligence: guidance for families, professionals and the community
- Criminal Exploitation: Stages of Grooming: Resource to help you understand the different stages of grooming
- The Children’s Society. Advice on Grooming, Gangs, County lines and Criminal Exploitation
Children
Keeping Children Safe in Education
All education settings (including schools, colleges, and nurseries) must follow the statutory guidance set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education (as well as Working Together to Safeguard Children). Keeping Children Safe in Education clearly explains how to fulfil your safeguarding duties and promote the welfare of children. Like Working Together, ‘children’ refers to anyone under the age of 18.