Safeguarding Our Students
At Limpsfield Grange School we are committed to promoting the safety and wellbeing of our whole school community. Safeguarding is our highest priority.
Students can access safeguarding information through our curriculum. Teaching the girls how to stay safe in real life and online is central to the Wellbeing strand of our WACI curriculum and is delivered through Prevent lessons; WACI lessons; Wellbeing Wednesdays and Thinking Thursdays. Students can access staying safe workshops and NSPCC Protect & Respect Sexual Exploitation workshops in our Residential Provision. Each half term our residential students can speak to a Residential Independent Visitor to share any concerns they may have.
Staying safe and staying well are crucial elements of our school offer. We work with students to help them be aware of their emotional, physical and mental health. We have staff who are Mental Health First Aid trained, and students across the school are encouraged to be responsible for maintaining positive mental emotional and physical health.
Displayed around the school are our student safeguarding posters which have pictures of the members of staff who are DSLs and their contact details. We also display around the school posters for Childline and the NSPCC.
We are committed to training staff to enable them to deal effectively with safeguarding situations. All staff receive annual safeguarding and online safety training at INSET days. We also offer safeguarding updates each half term through our Hot Topics staff training sessions.
CEOP is here to keep children safe from sexual abuse and grooming online.
You can make a report directly to the CEOP Safety Centre by clicking on the Click CEOP button if something has happened online which has made you feel unsafe, scared or worried. This might be from someone you know in real life, or someone you have only ever met online. CEOP take all reports seriously and we will do everything we can to keep you safe.
As well as making a report to the CEOP Safety Centre, the CEOP Education website has information and advice to help you if something has happened to you online.
Are you being bullied?
CEOP are unable to respond to reports about bullying but if you’re being bullied and would like to talk to someone in confidence right now you can speak to Childline on 0800 1111 or talk to them online – no worry is too big or too small.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Prevent Lead for the school is:
Emma Phillips
(Deputy Headteacher)
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSLs) in school are:
Sarah Wild
(Headteacher)
Aimee Kenyon
(Teacher)
Janine Chippington (Assistant Headteacher)
Lisa Wells
(Assistant SENCO)
Annie McKenna
(Annual Review Lead)
Bev Burchell (Head of Residential – Maternity Cover)
If you are concerned about a child’s welfare, please email your concern immediately to Emma Phillips, DSL, deputy@limpsfield-grange.surrey.sch.uk. Do not conduct your own investigation.
If your concerns relate to the actions or behaviour of a member of staff then you should report this immediately to Sarah Wild, Headteacher head@limpsfield-grange.surrey.sch.uk. If the concern relates to the Headteacher, you should report this immediately to Jackie Tanner, Chair of Governors mrs.tanner@limpsfield-grange.surrey.sch.uk.
‘Pupils are safe and well cared for.’
