Tibshelf Community School makes every effort to ensure that pupils are provided with a safe and secure learning environment.

This means ensuring that pupils are not put in any position where they are vulnerable to abuse or neglect. We enforce a school safeguarding policy for permanent and temporary staff members, volunteers and all school visitors.

It is our duty to ensure that our school pupils are provided with the highest protection whilst in our care and, as far as is possible, during their time outside school.  As part of our safeguarding policy, we appoint a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead to oversee the child protection and safeguarding provision in our school. The designated person(s) are members of the senior leadership team.

We ensure the training and professional development of the DSL and deputy DSLs is ongoing, in order to enable them to deal effectively with changing child welfare concerns and the extra responsibilities that the job requires. This means being able to identify possible abuse, and knowing the right level of action to take, depending on the individual situation and circumstances.

The school will ensure the DSLs attend relevant training, as well as refresher training throughout their time in their role. That way, the team remain up-to-date with all statutory policy and legislation. It also places the team in the best position to deal with concerns, incidents and allegations. They can also feed back on safeguarding provisions and policies as well as supportive resources to the rest of the school staff, including school governors.

Key Safeguarding Team Personnel

The following staff members are also trained at the DSL level:

• Joy Longden | Safeguarding and Intervention Team Manager

• Emma Dunn | Safeguarding and Welfare Manager

• Hollie Stanhope | Safeguarding and Welfare Manager

• Eunice Sinfield | Safeguarding and Family Support Manager

• Jo Marshall | Safeguarding Medical Welfare Officer

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Contact details

You can reach the following team and staff members via the contact details below:

The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): 

Mr Richard Penford | Email: safeguarding@Tibshelf.Derbyshire.sch.uk  | Tel: 01773 872391

The Safeguarding/child protection governor: 

Mr James Swain | Email: J.Swain@Tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk

The Headteacher: 

Mrs Lucie Wainwright | Email: l.wainwright@Tibshelf.Derbyshire.sch.uk | Tel: 01773 872391