Newcastle Academy, Gallowstree Lane, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2QS
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Safeguarding

Newcastle Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, which includes:

  • Protecting children from maltreatment
  • Preventing impairment of children’s health or development
  • Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
  • Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes

Should you have a concern regarding the safety or wellbeing of any child, please report this to one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads listed below.

Safeguarding Policies

Safeguarding Policies

Designated safeguarding leads

Newcastle Academy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Emma Thomas – emma.thomas@newcastle.academy

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads
Zena Chadwick – zena.chadwick@newcastle.academy
Kieth Finnemore – keith.finnemore@newcastle.academy

Education Safeguarding Lead
Roz Randall – 07773791172

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Keeping Children Safe in Education

You can read translated versions of the Department for Education's Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance by clicking the link below.

 Keeping Children Safe in Education translations

Educate Against Hate

Educate Against Hate gives practical advice on protecting children from extremism and radicalisation. You can view the website here.

Prevent and Countering Extremism in Young People Advice and Guidance for Parents and Carers

Healthy and Respectful Relationships

We understand that forming healthy, positive relationships helps children and young people feel safe and supported, but being in an unhealthy relationship can have a negative impact on our wellbeing and development.

Students in unhealthy relationships may feel anxious and nervous or not free to make their own decisions. They might have low self-esteem and depression, experience headaches or have other ongoing physical health symptoms.  Our staff understand the importance of healthy relationships and are vigilant in recognising when something is wrong in a young person’s relationship and take appropriate action to keep them safe.

We provide below links to information that families may find useful:

NSPCC Healthy Relationships
Anna Freud Centre Relationships and belonging
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP) Healthy Relationships 
Childnet Healthy Relationships Online
NSPCC Learning

Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships  

Promoting Healthy Relationships 

Childline

Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships

Love is Respect

Everyone Deserves Healthy Relationships

Useful websites and information

Anti-bullying

Family Lives website - Bullying

Samaritans

Anti-bullying Alliance

Barnardo's

Childline

The Children's Society

Child Safety

NSPCC - types of child abuse

Child Accident Prevention Trust

Child Safety Week information

The Mix - crime and safety

Child Exploitation (CE)

NSPCC - Child sexual exploitation

STOP CE

Be Aware of Child Exploitation

Domestic Violence

Women's Aid

Refuge

The Hideout

Family Lives

Dudley Safe and Sound Partnership

Drugs

Talk to Frank

Gov.uk

The Mix

E-Safety

Know IT All for Parents

National Online Safety - safety guides and tips about various online platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok

Virgin Media Children's Online Safety Test

O2 keeping kids safe online resources

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Feminist Majority Foundation

Young Minds

Forced Marriage

Gov.uk

International Child Abduction

Central Authority for England and Wales

LGBTQ+

Stonewall, the leading charity and organisation for the LGBT+ community, have produced advice for parents/carers who think their child may be gay

Local Authority Safeguarding Information

Dudley Council

Mental Health 

Young Minds

Family Lives

MIND

NSPCC

Black Country Mental Health

Children's Society

Dr Radha's Wellbeing Tips

Kooth

Place2Be

The Mix - essential support for under 25s

The WHAT? Centre

Happier Minds 

 Self-harm

Virtual College - Understanding Young Minds (free online course)

Advice for Parents

Parentzone - provides support and guidance for parents from leading experts

Parentwise - A helping hand for parents and carers

London Grid for Learning - guides for being safe outside of the school building

Dudley Parents - a one stop shop for parenting advice