Safeguarding

At Sutton School, the safety and well-being of pupils is paramount.

Sutton School is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all our students by protecting them from any signs of abuse and by helping them to look after their mental, physical health and wellbeing.

Safeguarding is about ensuring that everyone is safe from harm - safe from bullying, safe from people who could abuse, safe from discrimination or harassment - and that we all feel safe in our environment. If your child is ever concerned about safety or wellbeing or about a friend, they should talk to someone such as a parent or a member of staff.

The Sutton School Safeguarding Team

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs D. Doman

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads:

Mr I. Curnow
Mr D. Adams
Mrs K. Fellows
Ms A McPherson

The Sutton School Safeguarding Governor is Mrs Heather Jeavons.

Contact Details

The Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mrs D. Doman can be contacted via ddoman@sutton.dudley.sch.uk or by ringing the school on 01384 818767.

Should you need safeguarding support outside of school hours Dudley Council Health and Social Care Team contact details are available at: https://www.dudley.gov.uk/residents/care-and-health/health-and-social-care-contact-us/. There telephone number is 0300 5550050 where you will talk to a member of the MASH team (Multi-Agency-Safeguarding-Hub). The out of hours emergency duty team can be reached on 0300 555 8574.

Further Documents

Go to our school Safeguarding Policies by clicking this link

We follow the Dudley Safeguarding People Partnership Board procedures. Policies relating to safeguarding are available from this website or directly from the school. Please click below for further information on Dudley’s safeguarding protocol and procedures. Dudley Safeguarding People Partnership (DSPP)

DfE Safeguarding documents are linked to below

Working Together to Safeguard Children

Keeping Children Safe in Education

General Safeguarding Links

Dudley Prevent Duty

With effect from 1st July 2015 the Counter Terrorism & Security Act gives specified authorities a legal duty to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”.

Find out more here: Dudley Prevent

Our E-Safety Resource Centre contains useful links and resources on how to manage online safety for young people.

NSPCC Help Line

Phone Number: 0800 136 663

Email Address: help@nspcc.org.uk.

Education Against Hate

An “educate against hate” website was launched by Nicky Morgan, whilst she was England’s Education Secretary, as part of a renewed drive against extremism.

Being Bullied?

This has been added to the safe and sound website so young people and parents know what process to follow:

https://www.dudleysafeandsound.org/bullying

How to handle sexting incidents as a parent or teacher (SWGfL)

'Sexting isn’t just behaviour that adults engage in, it’s increasingly common in young people too. With that dynamic comes all manner of legal, ethical, and personal challenges, and this article from SWGfL looks more closely at what you can do as a parent or teacher to manage sexting incidents with young people.Read the rest of this article here: https://swgfl.org.uk/magazine/sexting-incidents-parent-teacher/

Latest Version of "So You Got Naked Online" Released (SWGfL)

SWGfL's Laura Higgins and Ken Corish originally wrote 'So You Got Naked Online' in 2012, for young people who had already sent a 'sext'. They have now update the leaflet to improve the language and make it more inclusive.

SWGfL also asked Kate, from the Revenge Porn Helpline, to create a 'self-care' page to help promote a bit of self-love and R&R.

You can download 'So You Got Naked Online' here: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/so-you-got-naked-online.pdf

The Revenge Porn information can be found here: https://revengepornhelpline.org.uk/

For Younger Children

Undressed Song and Video (LGfL DigiSafe)

An LGfL severe of 40,000 children found that nearly 1 in 10 pupils who video chat with people they haven’t met have been asked to change or undress, and more than 1 in 20 pupils who livestream have been asked to change or undress.

Parents and professionals are often aware of issues around teens being coerced or tricked into getting undressed or revealing themselves online. However, what do we need to say to the youngest pupils, and why?

LGfL has created a video, song and poster to help schools and parents spread the message of never getting undressed in front of a phone, iPad or computer, for the very youngest primary pupils.

A common tactic of sexual predators is to trick young children into getting changed or undressed on camera by playing a ‘game’ or issuing a ‘challenge’, for example, to see how fast they can get changed into different clothes or into a swimming costume. This might happen over video chat or livestreaming app; children often don't even know this has happened; videos are often taken and then circulated.

Internet Watch Foundation research has shown that 98% of publicly available livestreamed child sexual abuse images involved children aged 13 and under; 28% were aged 10 and under.

You can find further information here: https://undressed.lgfl.net/

Pupil Safety and Dark Nights

The resources below will help remind children, especially teenagers, about road safety and safe cycling.

Teaching Road Safety: A Guide for Parents

https://www.rospa.com/media/documents/road-safety/teaching-road-safety-a-guide-for-parents.pdf

Safety First – Cycling at Night

https://www.cycletraining.co.uk/cycle-training-and-cycle-safety/safety-first-cycling-at-night/

Teaching road safety: guide for educators

https://www.brake.org.uk/

Road safety teaching resources for children

https://www.think.gov.uk/education-resources/

Be Bright, Be Seen Poster

https://6282.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Be_Bright_Be_Seen-A5-Flyer.pdf