Any concerns about student safety should be referred to the above members of staff immediately.
Our first priority at Thomas Telford is the safety and happiness of our students. The safeguarding team are trained to deal with, and respond to, any safeguarding issues.
If there is something or someone worrying you, you can tell any member of staff who will be able to get you the support you need from one of the team.
The Safeguarding Team have regard to "Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024" when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
As part of our safeguarding partnership, we participate in the Operation Encompass initiative.
Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse.
Operation Encompass ensures that there is a simple telephone call or notification to a school’s trained Designated Safeguarding Lead /Officer (known as key Adult) prior to the start of the next school day after an incident of police attended domestic abuse where there are children related to either of the adult parties involved.
Operation Encompass aims, by directly connecting police and schools, to secure better outcomes for children, to enable schools to better understand the impact living with domestic abuse has upon children, to help schools to better understand a child’s lived experience and to therefore be able to support and nurture each child, making a child’s day better and giving them a better tomorrow.
If you would like to learn more about Operation Encompass in school please contact a member of the safeguarding team, or visit the Operation Encompass website:
https://www.operationencompass.org/
We are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”. This duty is known as the Prevent duty.
We understand children can be vulnerable to extremist ideologies and radicalisation. Similar to our role in protecting children from other forms of harm and abuse, we will also protect children from this risk as part of our safeguarding approach.
We see The Prevent duty as part of our wider safeguarding obligation. Our DSL and deputies and other senior leaders are familiar with the revised Prevent duty guidance: for England and Wales and we will follow the published advice for schools on the Prevent duty.
As a college/sixth form we will follow the additional guidance: Prevent duty guidance: for further education institutions in England and Wales that applies to colleges.
If Thomas Telford School is closed and you have a safeguarding concern about a young person please use the Useful Safeguarding Contacts. If it is a serious matter or you believe a criminal offence has been committed, please call West Mercia Police on 0300 333 3000 or 101. In an emergency always call 999.