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If you have an urgent safeguarding concern or issue while the school is closed, please contact a member of the safeguarding team at dsl@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads are:

• Mrs M Williams – mwilliams@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk (maternity leave October 2024 - July 2025)
• Mr L James - ljames@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk
• Mr C Harrison-Hill - charrisonhill@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk
• Mr D Perkins - dperkins@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk
• Ms S Pike – spike@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk
• Ms M Whitehead – mwhitehead@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk
• Ms M Weatherall – mweatherall@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk
• Miss J Hibbert - jhibbert@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk
• Miss J Palmer - jpalmer@kirkhallamacademy.co.uk

Other key Safeguarding Team members:

• Heads of Year – training throughout the course of the 2023/24
• Miss Speake – Family Support Worker

(Updated June 2024)

Kirk Hallam is an inclusive and open learning community characterised, by the pursuit of the highest standards of achievement in all its forms.

We are committed to providing a supportive, happy and safe environment for students at the academy which is at the heart of our community.

We endeavour to provide a broad range of opportunities that not only develop pupils’ academic capacity, but also nurture their personal growth. We encourage all stakeholders to conduct themselves in line with the two key tenets of our ethos: hard work and kindness.

Our students, staff, governors and community are dedicated to working together to inspire individuals to develop the skills, confidence and initiative to play active and positive roles in their future. The safety and wellbeing of our students remains a key focus and underpins all that we do.

We are committed to the raising of standards through the improvement of teaching and learning, to providing opportunities and support for the personal and professional development of all of our staff and to developing management and leadership skills in all staff.

As a school we adopt a student centred approach which is underpinned by a belief that in order for all children to achieve their potential, they must feel safe and well.

For more information, our Safeguarding Policy can be found here: http://www.kirkhallamacademy.co.uk/page.php?p=policies

Report online abuse

CEOP helps any child or young person under the age of 18 who is being pressured, forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity of any kind. This can be something that has taken place either online or in ‘the real world’, or both. The CEOP Safety Centre has clear information and advice on what can be reported to CEOP, the reporting process and what will happen if you do decide to make a report. You can visit the CEOP Safety Centre and make a report directly to CEOP by clicking the Click CEOP button below:

If you are experiencing online bullying or something else online has worried you please speak to an adult you trust, or you can talk to Childline at any time on 0800 1111 or at www.childline.org.uk.