Safeguarding
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. We pride ourselves on ensuring that all students are able to learn in an environment which is both safe and supportive, whilst recognising the individual needs of all our students.
Please visit our Supporting Your Child’s Wellbeing page to access a range of resources and contacts that you and your family may find useful
In order to support the safeguarding work undertaken here at the academy, we have a dedicated safeguarding team who are available should you or your child have concerns about any safeguarding issues.
- Designated Safeguarding Lead: Miss Z Porschke
- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads: Ms M Sothern and Mrs P Stitch
You can contact the safeguarding team using our dedicated email address: [email protected].
The SHARP System
If you have a concern that you would prefer to report to the academy’s safeguarding team anonymously, please click here to access the SHARP System anonymous reporting tool.
Safeguarding poster
Halton local safeguarding procedures and support
Halton Children and Young People Safeguarding Partnership is a partnership of all the different organisations working to protect children and young people across the county. Their website brings together information for children, young people and their families, and the professionals who work with them. Safeguarding children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. On their website you will find information regarding Halton’s safeguarding procedures and what to do if you are concerned about a child.
- Website: https://hcypsp.haltonsafeguarding.co.uk/
- Tel: 0151 907 8305
- Tel (emergency out of hours): 0345 050 0148
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass directly connects the police with schools to secure better outcomes for children who are subject, or witness, to police-attended incidents of domestic abuse. Rapid provision of support within the school environment means children are better safeguarded against the short, medium and long-term effects of domestic abuse.
Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
If you have concerns regarding someone who works with a child, including foster carers and volunteers, these should be reported to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) (Tel: 0151 511 7925). This applies to all paid, unpaid, volunteers, casual, agency employees or anyone working in a self-employed capacity.
Local support
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Support for children and young people up to age 18 with their emotional and mental health and wellbeing.
Thorn Road, Runcorn, WA7 5HQ
Tel: 01928 568 162 - Kooth
For free, safe and anonymous online support for young people. - Halton Local Offer
Many signposts for services, holiday activities etc. - Halton School Nurse Team
Offers in-school appointments and support for students. Please contact the safeguarding team to refer your child.
Further support
The following links, in particular, will support parents in understanding safeguarding in various environments:
- ThinkUKnow
- Internet Matters
- Young Minds
- Parents’ guide to extremism and radicalisation (pdf)
- NSPCC
- Childline
Safeguarding policies
Please click here to access the academy’s policy page.
- DfE document: Working Together to Safeguard Children
- DfE document: Keeping Children Safe in Education
- Revised Prevent duty guidance for England and Wales
“Weaknesses in safeguarding have been tackled well. Safeguarding is effective. You and other leaders have established an effective culture of safeguarding. Staff, pupils and students say that safeguarding is at the forefront of everybody’s minds. You ensure that the systems for checking that all adults are safe to work with pupils and students are firmly in place.”
Ofsted