Safeguarding for staff

This page is exclusively for the staff employed and on supply at The Bridge Academy.

The page is the central hub for all information relating to all safeguarding, child protection and pastoral matters.

Safeguarding Team

Welcome to our Safeguarding Team

Safeguarding Culture

There are three main objectives to Safeguarding at The Bridge Academy:

1. To keep all students and staff safe, both in and out of school.
2. To make sure that students feel safe in school and can be the best version of themselves.
3. To encourage students to talk openly about any problems so staff can help.

This is achieved in the following ways:

1. Everyone at The Bridge Academy (staff, student or visitor) is responsible for keeping themselves and others safe.
2. Students should understand how to keep themselves and others safe inside and outside of school, including when online.
3. There is a dedicated Safeguarding team in school to help all students and staff keep safe.
4. Everyone at The Bridge Academy takes responsibility for reporting any concerns to family members and staff at school.

Staff working with children are advised to maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned

Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE

WTD… responding to a disclosure

My Concern

My Concern

WTD… child under the influence

Trust and Local Policies & Procedures

Here you can find the related policies for safeguarding:

ATLP & Academy Policies

Statutory Guidance

Early Help & Staffordshire Guidance

Mental Health

At The Bridge Academy, we take seriously the Mental Health of our children and young people.

Multi Agency Child Exploitation & Risk Factor Matrix

MACE will be the forum for safeguarding children at risk of exploitation within a partnership arena.

https://staffsscb.org.uk/working-together-to-safeguard-children/child-exploitation/vamap

The Risk Factor Matrix (RFM) Tool has been developed to be used by practitioners working with children who are thought to be involved in child sexual exploitation.

The use of the term “child” in this document refers to all children under the age of 18, as defined in the Children Act 1989. However, it may be used by practitioners working with young people over 18 who have a learning difficulty or where there are competence concerns. The legal age of consent in the UK is 16. A child under 13 is not legally capable of consenting to sexual activity. Any offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 involving a child under 13 should be taken to indicate a risk of significant harm to the child. In accordance with the Sexual Offences Act 2003 section 74: “For the purposes of this Part, a person consents if he/she agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.”

7 minute briefings & training document

Safeguarding Newsletters

Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board