Safeguarding

Knole Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Mrs S Barnes – sbarnes@knoleacademy.org

Other DSL-trained staff are:

• Mrs J Corbett – Deputy Headteacher
• Mrs J Elliott – Deputy Headteacher
• Mr G Hughes – Deputy Headteacher
• Mr J Major – Deputy Headteacher and Pastoral Lead
• Mr R Turner – Deputy Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form
• Mrs J Osborn – Deputy Headteacher
• Mrs M McGauley – Head of Year 7
• Mr T White – Head of Years 8 and 9
• Mrs K Nixon – Head of Years 10 and 11
• Dr H Powell – Deputy Head of Year
• Mrs J Bence – Assistant Head of Year

Knole Academy is a community, and all those directly connected (staff, volunteers, governors, parents, carers, families and pupils) have an essential role to play in making it safe and secure.

Knole Academy recognises our statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, and recognises the importance of providing an ethos and environment within the school that will help children to be safe and feel safe. In our school, children are respected and encouraged to talk openly.

The school aims to ensure that:

• Appropriate action is taken in a timely manner to safeguard and promote children’s welfare.
• All staff are aware of their statutory responsibilities with respect to safeguarding.
• Staff are properly trained in recognising and reporting safeguarding issues.

If you would like further information, please read our the Statutory Guidance for Preventing Duty Guidance here.

Knole Academy uses the School Help Advice Reporting Page System (SHARP); where we all work together to help with any problems you may have in or out of school.

If you wish to contact us, you don’t have to leave your details if you don’t want to.

Please take the time to look through the pages, and if you feel that you can help keep our school a safe, friendly, and fun place, you can get in touch using the link.

This is a CONFIDENTIAL way to stop YOU, a FRIEND, or SOMEONE you have seen SUFFERING.