Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility
Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. All professionals should ensure that their approach is child centred: this means considering at all times what is in the best interests of the child. Concerns must always be logged and staff members must raise any safeguarding concerns with the appropriate safeguarding lead without delay. Parents should feel able to come and talk to any of our team, and/or the safeguarding leads named below.
Safeguarding policies: We regularly update key policies in relation to safeguarding. On our policies page you can find our policies for Child Protection and Safeguarding, Online Safety, Whistleblowing and other relevant policies. Our online safety page also has information about keeping children safe online.
Key roles in safeguarding
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Suzanne Kelly - skelly@academy.thomas-s.co.uk
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are Clare James (cjames@academy.thomas-s.co.uk), Olufunmilayo Dairo (odairo@academy.thomas-s.co.uk) and Shen Djemal, Early Years (sdjemal@academy.thomas-s.co.uk).
The Designated Local Governor for Safeguarding is Jenny Yang-Meslet (jyang@academy.thomas-s.co.uk).
The Quality First Education Trust's Designated Trustee for Safeguarding is Karen Parkinson.
Child protection procedures
If you have a safeguarding concern about a child who is a pupil at New King's Road School, please contact us via email at tacsafeguarding@academy.thomas-s.co.uk. This is also useful in school holidays when school staff are not checking emails on a daily basis.
If there are serious concerns about immediate risk to a child or that a child has suffered significant harm and continues to be at risk, the school will contact the local authority and/or the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) immediately on 020 8753 6600 or out of hours on 020 8748 8588. If a child is in immediate danger, the police will also be contacted.
For more safeguarding advice, resources and links for parents please see our online safety page and our wellbeing page.