The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for Child Protection are:

• Kim Kirchin, Principal - email - kkirchin@studfalljunioracademy.org

There are Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads in the absence of the lead DSL. The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads for Child Protection are:

• Karen Parris , Deputy Principal  and Sendco - email - kparris@studfallinfantacademy.org
• Joy McKenzie, Learning Mentor  - email - jmckenzie@studfallinfantacademy.org

All DSL's are also available to contact through the school on 01536 264540

Please see beneath for links to the Trust safeguarding policy and our site-specific policy. 

This is a link to government guidance - Keeping Children Safe in Education.  This is the basis for our trust's approach to safeguarding. 

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66d7301b9084b18b95709f75/Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2024.pdf

This link is for Working Together to Safeguard Children-also  a very important national guidance.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/669e7501ab418ab055592a7b/Working_together_to_safeguard_children_2023.pdf

This is a link to the Child Missing in Education Guidance, which is  to support  getting children back into education. 

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/550416/Children_Missing_Education_-_statutory_guidance.pdf

This is a link to the Prevent Duty Guidance - an important document for safeguarding children and families- our senior DSL - Kim Kirchin is the Prevent lead. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance

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.