We are committed to providing the highest standards in relation to the safeguarding of the children and young people entrusted to our care.
Effective safeguarding at Red Kite School, helps students achieve our mission statement and school motto:
Red Kite School strives to equip students with the skills, knowledge and citizenship skills to be successful in their future.
School Motto:
Respect – Responsibility – Resilience
Red Kite School has Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures, policy documents and a training programme that incorporates Government and Policy Legislation. Staff are given a copy of the Child Protection Procedures and receive annual training from trained staff.
Parents/carers, social workers, placing authorities and other significant people are offered a copy of the Child Protection Policy. This can be found in the policy section of our website.
Red Kite School provides policy guidance, which sets out clear guidelines and expectations in the school with regard to appropriate relationships between all staff and the children. At Red Kite School, we provide a very caring and professional setting in which the children will be given full emotional support without it being detrimental to their safety and well-being. All staff are aware of their responsibilities for Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.
Red Kite School has a duty of care and therefore a responsibility to pass on any child protection and safeguarding concerns to the relevant children’s social care services.
We support all students by:
- Providing a caring, safe, and positive environment within the school
- Encouraging communication, self-esteem, and self-assertiveness
- Effectively tackling bullying and harassment
- Promoting all aspects of the Equality Act 2010
- Training all staff in Child Protection and Safeguarding to the appropriate level and ensuring they are aware of safeguarding procedures within our school
- Providing the infrastructure for effective reporting, record keeping, and working in partnership
We expect all staff and visitors to our school to behave in a way which ensures our children are safeguarded at all times. This includes a duty for any safeguarding concerns to be reported to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) Victoria Margan, or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) Fiona Titmas.
Information for Parents and Carers