Safeguarding

Keeping safe

At Grove House, we teach children how to stay safe whilst at school and at home. Not only do we focus on making safe and healthy decisions, we also work with teacher to help them develop their mental health and know how to keep healthy and make healthy choices.

We believe that by providing  support for a child or young persons mental and emotional health, we can help create the best conditions for them to realise their potential.

On all school devices we have Securas deployed which ensures the safe use of technology as well as promoting excellence in digital safety throughout the school. Click here for certification

Our senior leadership team (SLT) are trained to support the safeguarding of children. You can speak to them if you are concerned about the well-being of your child or their safety in any way, even if its only to get advice.

THE SAFEGUARDING TEAM

Executive Head Teacher: Alexandre Summerscales

Designated Safeguarding Lead: Alexandre Summerscales

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads: Chris Wickett, Charley Illingworth, Natalia Kosmirak, Susan Tyson, Jack Clover and Rebecca Williams.

Designated Teacher for Looked After Children: Rebecca Williams

Alternatively, these are the numbers that you can ring for advice and to make a referral:

• During office house (8.30am – 5pm Monday to Thursday, 4.30pm on Friday) call Childrens’s Social Services Initial Contact Point on 01274 433999.
• At all other times, Social Services Emergency Duty Team on 01274 431010.
• If you have reason to believe that a child is at IMMEDIATE RISK OF HARM, contact the police on 999.
• For all general enquiries, please contact Childrens Specialist Services on .

NSPCC Helpline: 0808 800 5000

Childline: 0800 1111

In addition, we work with a range of external partners to help us deliver a curriculum which teaches the children to keep healthy and make healthy choices in the world they live in. Our safeguarding curriculum includes working with:

West Yorkshire Police

West Yorkshire Cyber Safety Team

Bradford Road Safety Team

West Yorkshire Fire Service

St Johns Ambulance

Coram Life Education (Life Caravan)

Banardo’s

NSPCC

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Bradford Children’s Services

 

If you would like to know more about how we approach Safeguarding and Child Protection in school, please refer to our school Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 2023-2024