Safeguarding
Kents Hill Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The school recognises its moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils. Kents Hill Park endeavours to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. When staff are alerted to the signs of abuse, neglect, exploitation and radicalisation, they follow procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Kents Hill Park recognise that the school is part of a wider safeguarding system and work closely with the MK Together Safeguarding Children Partnership and other agencies to promote the welfare of children. Where there are concerns, the school has a duty to refer to the appropriate agency; contributing to the assessment of a child’s needs, and towards on-going action to meet those needs.
Kents Hill Park maintains an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ and will consider the wishes of, and at all times, what is in the best interests of each child. The school understands that children can be abused by adults or by other children. Staff are committed to creating a culture of safety that minimises the opportunity for any form of abuse (including all forms of peer on peer abuse) through training, education and robust response procedures.
The welfare of the child is paramount. All pupils, regardless of age, gender, ability, culture, race, language, religion or sexual identity, have equal rights to protection. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, all professionals should make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.
Designated Safeguarding Leads
At Kents Hill Park School, the Safeguarding Team is overseen by Miss Emma Harris (Assistant Headteacher). All senior leaders and pastoral staff are Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) trained. The Senior Deputy DSLs are Mr James Pilgrim (Headteacher) and Mrs Katy Tough (Deputy Headteacher, Primary).
The school uses a secure safeguarding program to record and monitor all safeguarding concerns, which is reviewed regularly by the team. Please do not hesitate to contact us for ANY concern that you may have on 01908 533290 or by email:
Safeguarding at Kents Hill Park
Designated Safeguarding Lead Miss Emma Harris (Assistant Headteacher)
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead Mr James Pilgrim (Headteacher)Â
Safeguarding Governors
- The safeguarding governor for Kents Hill Park School is Gary Taylor
- The safeguarding governor for Kingsbridge Educational Trust (KET) is Cathy Cornes
Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
The information you have may not be enough on its own for a Child Protection referral to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), however it will help your Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) to make a decision about risk of harm to the child and how to move forward to protect and support that pupil.
If you have a safeguarding concern about a child, please contact the Milton Keynes Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH):
Multi-Agency Referral Hub (MASH)
Daily: 01908 253169/70
Out of Hours: 01908 265545
Policies
For further information on the different types of abuse and key indicators, please refer to the Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy (link to policy page), and related documents:
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Working Together to Safeguard Children
