The Bridge School

Safeguarding

 

Safeguarding Team 2023 (ID 1251)

 

The Designated Safeguarding Lead at The Bridge School is Sarah Harding. If you have any questions or concerns and you would like to contact a Designated Safeguarding Lead at the school please email Sarah.Harding@thebridgesedgemoor.org. The Bridge school has a Safeguarding team as you can see above who work closely together to ensure we keep our children and young people safe. 

 Everyone who comes into contact with children, young people and their families has a role to play in safeguarding children. School staff are particularly important as they are in a position to identify concerns early and provide help for children, to prevent concerns from escalating.

Our Welfare Team are available to work with families, where concerns are raised at the earliest opportunity and/or where families identify that they need support themselves.

Staff at The Bridge School, work closely with Social Care, the Police, Health Services and other services to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

All staff at The Bridge School receive appropriate training for their roles, in order to be able to safeguard children and young people. Training includes:

  • Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • E-Safety
  • Prevent – Extremism and Radicalisation
  • Child Sexual Exploitation among other topics

Safeguarding Roles

Sarah Harding – Designated Safeguarding Lead

Stacey Hellier - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Louise Harris- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Sally Rudkin- PFSA & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Helen Farnell – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mary-Jane Hinchliffe - Safeguarding Governor

The School’s Safeguarding Policy explains in detail the school’s procedures. The school Safeguarding Policy links explicitly to Keeping Children Safe in Education.

If you have any concerns and would like more information, you can contact one of the Designated Safeguarding Leads at the school or follow the links below for more information:

Safeguarding Policy

NSPCC thinkuknow Safer Internet Avon & Somerset Police - CSE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024

 

At The Bridge School, Sedgemoor we are committed to the welfare and safeguarding of our students.  We expect all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment