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Keeping Safe

Speak to Mrs Fegan if you:

  • do not feel safe, or
  • are worried about someone else.

If you can’t find Mrs Fegan, you can talk to Mr Dennis or Mr Walsh.

Children can contact ChildLine free on 0800 1111 or visit www.childline.org.uk

 

SCHOOL SAFEGUARDING TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSL

Lisa Fegan

lfegan@tollgate-jun.co.uk

 

DDSL

Stephen Dennis

head@tollgate-jun.co.uk

 

DDSL & LAC

Tim Walsh

twalsh@tollgate-jun.co.uk

 

CHAIR OF GOVERNORS

Howard Wardle

hwardle@tollgate-jun.co.uk

 

SAFEGUARDING LEAD GOVERNOR

Howard Wardle

hwardle@tollgate-jun.co.uk

TRUST SAFEGUARDING TEAM

CEO & Trust DSL

Mark Talbot

COO & Trust Deputy DSL

Stephen Barrett

Trust Deputy DSL

Dominique Lewis

Chair of Trust Board

Archdeacon Luke

Irvine-Capel

Trustee Safeguarding Lead

Nick Taunt

mtalbot@dcat.academy

sbarrett@dcat.academy

dlewis@dcat.academy

archchichester@chichester.anglican.org

ntaunt@dcat.academy

 

What should I do if I have a safeguarding concern?

Concerns about Children or Young People

  • If you have any concerns relating to Child Protection or Safeguarding, please contact one of the schools designated officers immediately.  

 

Visiting the school?

 

  • If you are a visitor to the school and need to report a concern, please ask the office staff to speak to the DSL/DDSL.
  • If a child or other person is at any immediate risk of harm, the first response should always be to call the police on 999. This policy applies to all adults, including volunteers, working in or on behalf of Tollgate Community Junior School and the DCAT.

 

Concerns about the Headteacher or member of staff?

  • If you have a concern about a member of staff or a volunteer, please contact the headteacher or alternatively contact a member of the Trust DSL team

 

Concerns about the Headteacher

  • If you have concerns about the Headteacher please contact the chair of governors Howard Wardle or the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO).   

Useful contact numbers 

Children and young people

For additional help and support or to speak to someone independent of the school please call the SPOA team;

SPOA 01323 464222

Staff and volunteers

To speak to someone independent of the school about concerns of staff or volunteers please call the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) on;

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/professional-resources/lado/

Our safeguarding team

Our safeguarding lead is Mrs Lisa Fegan, deputy headteacher. 

Our deputy safeguarding leads are:

  • Mr Stephen Dennis, headteacher
  • Mr Tim Walsh, assistant headteacher

Please call to speak to one of us if you have a safeguarding concern. 

How to contact us

In term time

Call 01323 723298 

Or email dsl@tollgate-jun.co.uk  (term time only).

In school holidays

Contact SPOA (Single Point of Advice) on 01323 464222 or in an emergency call the police.

 

Safeguarding at Tollgate Community Junior School

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff, volunteers, parents and children to share this commitment.

We have policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment. See our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. 

We may need to share information and work with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare.

We will discuss our concerns with their parents or carers first unless this would risk the child's welfare. If we cannot contact the parents or carers, we will ask Children’s Services for advice.

We actively support the Government’s Prevent agenda to counter radicalisation & extremism.

Photography

You must not take photos or video recordings in school unless you have permission from the school.

Operation Encompass is a Police initiative, to inform the school within 24 hours, when there has been an incident of Domestic Violence or Abuse which involves a pupil at Tollgate. 

When the Police attend an incident, and there are children present, they will notify the school, via email, that the incident occurred. At Tollgate, this is sent to the Safeguarding Team, Mrs Fegan, Mr Dennis and Mr Walsh. 

The information shared with the school will be limited: no details of the incident, merely that there was an incident, the time and venue and that Police attended.

By informing the school of this, we can be better equipped to support your child, whether that means additional monitoring and TLC, if they are presenting as upset, or perhaps a more generous interpretation of the behaviour and sanctions policy, if they are presenting with challenging behaviour.

The school will not contact the parents. Should you wish to discuss an incident, please contact the office and ask to speak to Mrs Fegan.

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