Our children have a right to be safe.
 

Underwood West Academy  is passionate about and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff, parents, carers and visitors have a responsibility to ensure our children are safe. There are three people in charge of keeping our children safe at Underwood West Academy. If you have any safeguarding concerns about a child who attends Underwood West Academy, then these are the people you can contact. They will know who to contact for the best advise and help and are experienced in using the appropriate degree of confidentiality. You can contact them either in person or by telephoning the school on 01270 685 720.

 Mrs Laura Jones 

Principal 

       Mrs A Starkey                  Miss R Ollier                     Mr T Foster                            Miss C Haynes                      Mrs A Stockton

As a Level One Unicef Rights respecting School, our children have the right to:

Article 12 You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously.

Article 19 You have the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated, in body or mind.

Article 27 You have the right to food, clothing, a safe place to live and to have your basic needs met. You should not be disadvantaged so that you can't do many of the things other kids can do.

Article 33 You have the right to protection from harmful drugs and from the drug trade.

Article 34 You have the right to be free from sexual abuse.

Article 35 No one is allowed to kidnap or sell you.

Article 36 You have the right to protection from any kind of exploitation (being taken advantage of).

Article 37 No one is allowed to punish you in a cruel or harmful way

Article 39 You have the right to help if you've been hurt, neglected or badly treated.

If you need any further advice or help, then you can contact the following services:

Cheshire East Consultation Service

Tel: 0300 123 5012

Childline

Tel: 0800 1111

NSPCC

Tel: 0808 800 5000

Following a domestic incident, the Police make contact with the school via telephone and communicate relevant information to nominated, fully-trained school staff. This ensures that we are made aware early enough to support children and young people in a way that means they feel safe, supported and listened to.

Each school has a member of staff called a key adult who is trained to liaise with the police, when required, whilst ensuring support is available to the child. Our Key Staff are Mrs Jones (Principal), Miss Ollier (Vice Principal and Safeguarding lead) and Miss Haynes (Assistant Safeguarding lead).

We are committed to working in partnership with local relevant organisations to safeguard and protect children across Cheshire and provide the best possible care and support for our pupils.

You can find out more about Operation Encompass by reading the the following site  :http://www.operationencompass.org/ 

Prevent

As part of Underwood West Academy's safeguarding and child protection duties, we are fully behind the Government’s PREVENT strategy.

From July 1st 2015 all schools are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, in the exercise of their functions, to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.” This duty is known as the PREVENT Duty For Schools.

At Underwood West Academy, we build pupils’ resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values and enabling our pupils to challenge extremist views.

The statutory guidance refers to the importance of PREVENT awareness training to equip staff to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and to challenge extremist ideas. All our teaching staff have received training on what Prevent is about and how to deal with any issues they may see inside or outside school.