Safeguarding

North Walsham High School Safeguarding

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance to all staff at North Walsham High School.

We have robust procedures and systems in place to identify any concerns we have about our students and we act swiftly and proactively when dealing with these concerns.

Below is our fully qualified designated safeguarding team

Designated Safeguarding Lead:
Mr J Phipps Phippsj@nwhs.uk

Alternate Safeguarding Lead:
Mrs A Gallagher GallagherA@nwhs.uk
Mr J Gosden Gosdenj@nwhs.uk

Y10/11 Safeguarding Lead:
Mrs J Watson Watsonj@nwhs.uk
Mrs R Gardiner GardinerR@nwhs.uk

Y8/9 Safeguarding Lead:
Mrs L Bunting - buntingl@nwhs.uk

Y7 Safeguarding Lead:
Mrs G Allen AllenG@nwhs.uk

Lead for Pupil Development
Mrs R Gardiner GardinerR@nwhs.uk

Welfare Officer:
Mrs A Sales SalesA@nwhs.uk

Partnerships

North Walsham High School are taking part in a jointly run operation between Norfolk County Council and Norfolk Police called Operation Encompass. Encompass has been set up to help schools provide support to children who have been present at incidents of domestic violence. We know that children can be significantly physically or emotionally harmed when they are involved in, or witness to, domestic violence.

If you are concerned about a child in Norfolk and want to speak to someone, contact Norfolk County Council, Children’s Services on 0344 800 8020. If you consider the child to be in immediate danger, call 999.

If you’re worried that a child is being bullied online, or want to discuss your concern you can call the NSPCC helpline for parents and professionals at any time on 0808 800 5000, or visit their website (https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/)

If you are concerned that a young person is being sexually abused or groomed online, you can report to CEOP (Child Exploitation Online Protection). This might be from someone they know or someone they have only ever met online. CEOP are there to help and advise you and to make sure the child concerned is safe. https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/

If you are worried about yourself or another young person there is also support available [24 hours] from organisations including the following:

The Samaritans 116123
ChildLine 0800 1111

The School adheres to the following three DFE safeguarding documents:

Working together to Safeguard Children 2018

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022

The Prevent Duty 2015