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If you have any safeguarding concerns about your child or another student, please email safeguarding@liftwinton.org or telephone the school on 01264 351822.
If you have emergency safeguarding concerns regarding your child or another student, please contact the police on 999 or 101.
If you want to report a welfare or safeguarding concern to Children’s Services, please use the following link for their safeguarding form, email address, or phone number - https://www.hants.gov.uk/socialcareandhealth/childrenandfamilies/contact/public
Safeguarding is the responsibility of all adults in the school community.Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means:
Protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health or development, ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Child Protection: is part of safeguarding and promoting student welfare. It involves measures and structures designed to prevent and respond to significant harm, abuse, exploitation and neglect.
Our PSHE curriculum includes topics on how to keep safe, including online safety and healthy relationships.
Please see our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
We have a suite of policies relevant to safeguarding. Please see our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
- Keep an eye on your child’s internet use including email and social media (Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok etc)
- Check the history folder of your internet browser to check what sites have been accessed
- Consider purchasing filter software or see if your ISP (BT, Sky, Talk Talk, etc) provide their own
- Protect your computer with firewall/antivirus software
Here are some useful links for parents regarding eSafety:
NSPCC: Provides advice on a range of topics affecting children, including online safety. Please also see NSPCC advice on protecting children from specific online harms.
Childnet: Offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support.
UK Safer Internet Centre: Contains tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online
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- Protect personal information – Never share your own or other people’s personal details online, such as phone numbers, home addresses, school names, passwords, or location information.
- Be careful what you share online – Information shared on social media, messages, emails, blogs, or photos can be misused and may lead to bullying, harassment, or other risks.
- Only interact with people you know in real life – Only add friends you actually know, and never meet up in person with someone you first met online, as people may not be who they claim to be.
- Handle bullying and harassment safely – Never reply to rude or harassing messages. Delete unwanted messages and remove or block people who repeatedly post inappropriate comments.
- Think before you post – If you wouldn’t say something to someone’s face, don’t post it online. Be respectful and responsible with your words and actions.
- Post photos wisely and use privacy settings – Never post or send semi-nude or nude images. Make sure photos don’t reveal personal details, and always use privacy settings on social networking sites to control who can see your content.
Here are some useful links for students:
CEOP: Contains a lot of useful information about internet safety, from advice on reporting online sexual harassment, to how to manage friendships online.
Childline: Provides clear information about issues such as online scamming, privacy, and staying safe whilst online gaming. (You can also call them for free on 0800 1111 for advice.)
Our PSHE curriculum supports students in how to understand and manage emotional wellbeing.
Our pastoral support is delivered on a daily basis by all staff but specifically via our Heads of Years, Ms Pearl Thomson (Family Support Worker) and Miss Charlotte Beal (Safeguarding Officer).
We encourage the sharing of information by parents so that we can support your child’s emotional wellbeing. We are able to refer to mental health services if appropriate, in particular the Mental Health Support Team. We can also signpost you to organisations that can help. These are detailed below.
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The Good Mental Health Handbook: A Guide for Parents and Carers: The Good Mental Health Handbook | Hampshire CAMHS
We provide 1 to 1 and group interventions to support students in accessing their education and looking after their wellbeing. We are not mental health professionals, and we will always advise parents to contact their GP or other mental health professionals in the first instance.
