Safeguarding & Online Safety
Safeguarding
We take very seriously the responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in our care. Our safeguarding policy sets out how the school discharges its statutory responsibilities relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children who are pupils at our schools.
Designated Safeguarding Lead is Ms Sarah Storey. Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are Ms Helen Khinich, Ms Shelina Begum, Ms Amirun Bibi and Ms Francine Murray. For safeguarding enquiries, email safeguarding@kilburngrangeschool.org.uk
Operation Encompass
Kilburn Grange School takes part in a project called Operation Encompass. Operation Encompass directly connects the Metropolitan Police service with us to ensure that support is provided for children living with, or have been exposed to, domestic abuse in their homes. Rapid provision of support within the school environment will enable the child to be better safeguarded against the short, medium and long-term effects of domestic abuse.
We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and believe that working collaboratively with pupils, the Metropolitan Police service and parents will be extremely beneficial for all those involved. To find out more about Operation Encompass, read this letter from the Headteacher.
E-safety & Online Safety
We know that supporting your children with online safety isn’t easy. Here are some helpful documents with advice on keeping your children safe online. We also send out regular updates related to online safety as part our newsletter.
- See the poster we use to help children understand the different components of online safety when using the internet: Kilburn Grange School Stay Safe on the Internet Poster
- Childnet have an excellent informative leaflet for parents to help support children online: Childnet Supporting Young People Online Leaflet
- Translation of the leaflet above into several languages.
The National College
The National College provides multi-award winning online safety education for the whole school community. They believe that when children go online to learn, to communicate or to play, they should be able to do so safely. Parents can join National College to help children to use the internet safely.
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP)
The National Crime Agency's Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) helps children and young people. CEOP offers help if a young person (up to 18) has been forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity with anyone online or in the real world. CEOP also offer advice and resources to support with the online problems young people might face, such as cyberbullying and hacking.
On the top left corner of this website you'll see a scared character, which is an easy-to-access link to CEOP for our pupils. At Kilburn Grange School we teach children that if they are worried about online safety, they can click on the scared figurine and the link will take them straight to CEOP for support.