Here at The Link we promote safe working practices for everyone within the school community, whatever their role or reason to be here. The safety and protection of children and young people is of paramount importance to everyone in The Link; safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Staff in our school take all welfare concerns seriously and encourage our students to communicate to us about anything that may worry them. We expect our visitors to share the same stance.

Where we have concerns that a young person may have been abused or neglected, or where behaviours in their community may place them at risk from exploitation, we have a statutory duty to inform relevant authorities. Where procedures allow us, we will always share our concerns with parents and carers.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is best defined as:

'Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children's mental and physical health; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes'.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and take account of the information contained in the DfE documents (see links below) 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' (August 2018) and 'Keeping Children Safe in Education: Statutory Guidance for Schools and Colleges (Sep 2021), as well as the Multi Agency Children’s Safeguarding Arrangements for RBWM as set out on the Multi Agency Safeguarding Partners for RWBM website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2

https://rbwmsafeguardingpartnership.org.uk/

The leadership team of The Link are all trained as safeguarding leads.

Any queries about safeguarding should be directed to:

Mary Keenan

Email: mary.keenan@manorgreenschool.co.uk

Telephone: 07377 800291