Safeguarding & Child Protection

What is safeguarding?

Safeguarding is protecting vulnerable adults or children from abuse or neglect.

What is Child protection?

Child protection aims to keep children safe where there is serious risk of harm. Serious risk of harm may arise from a single event or a series of concerns over time.

Often the phrases ‘Child Protection’ and ‘Safeguarding’ are used synonymously, but they are quite distinct. Safeguarding refers to all children, whilst Child Protection refers distinctly to children at risk of harm.

KEYHAM LODGE SCHOOL fully recognises the contribution it can make to protect children and support pupils in school. The pupil’s best interest and welfare is of paramount importance. The aim of the school is to safeguard and promote our pupil’s welfare, safety and health by fostering an honest, open, caring and supportive climate and our staff members working with pupils maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned.

When concerned about the welfare of a child, staff will always act in the best interests of the child and if any member of our community has a safeguarding concern about any child or adult, they should respond immediately.

Named staff and contacts at Keyham Lodge School

School Designated Safeguarding Lead:

Rebecca Hulcoop (ELT/Safeguarding Lead/Trauma Informed Practitioner)

Contact: rhulcoop@keyham.discoverytrust.org / imarlowe@keyham.discoverytrust.org

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead/s:

Victoria Edwards (Head of School)

Joe Hill (Deputy Headteacher)

Nim Sudra (Senior Assistant Headteacher)

Kevin Curtis (ELT/Pastoral and Attendance)

Isaac Marlowe (ELT/Integrated Response Team Manager)

Richard Doyle (Assistant Headteacher)

Niall McMahon (ELT/SENCO)

Melanie Carte (Head of Therapies and Consultant Speech and Language Therapist)

Rahi Popat (Integrated Response Team/Trauma Informed Practitioner)

Rebecca Cheeseman (Safeguarding Team/Admin Support/Consultation Lead)

Marie-Claire Goodman (ELT - Teaching & Learning Lead)

Sarie-Marais Crowcroft (Pastoral Support/Head of Careers)

Sean Doy (ELT - Literacy and Numeracy Lead)

Paige Weston-Keenan - Head of the Arts

Pheann Walters (Education Welfare Officer)

Designated Safeguarding Lead Governor:

Maria Bannatyne

NEED SUPPORT - Useful Contact Numbers and Information:

Click here to report a Safeguarding concern.

Local Authority Designated Office (LADO) / Allegations	Katherine Lockwood 0116 4542440 Lado-allegations-referrals@ leicester.gov.uk
Safeguarding in Education Development Officers	Julie Chapaneri 0116 4542440 Julie.Chapaneri@leicester.gov.uk Mohammed Patel Mohammed.Patel@leicester.gov.uk
United Against Violence and Abuse Helpline	0808 802 0028 info@uava.org.uk
Childrens’ Social Care Services - Duty and Advice	0116 454 1004