Safeguarding

Desborough college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We strive to ensure that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, students and staff at school.

The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Mr Murdoch (Headteacher). We also have three Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSLs). These are Mrs Eaves (Senior Assistant Head), Mr Cradduck (Assistant Head and SENDCo) and Mr Jamieson (Head of Year and learning mentor).

Desborough College has policies and procedures in place to deal effectively with child protection and safeguarding issues together with recording and monitoring processes.

To promote a safe environment for students, Desborough College employs a strict selection and recruitment policy which includes all statutory checks on staff and regular volunteers including Enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service) checks.

All staff, volunteers and trustees are trained to a level appropriate to their safeguarding responsibilities and in line with statutory guidance. Additional safeguarding training is attended by relevant staff and trustees. The training is monitored and comprehensive records kept by the DSL.

If you have any serious concerns about your child, another student or a member of staff at Desborough College, please do not hesitate to contact one of the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSLs) who will be able to provide you with the best advice and help using the appropriate degree of confidentiality. The DSL can be contacted on 01628 762550. The trustee with responsibility for child protection and safeguarding is Marjorie Clementson.

Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found here.

Safeguarding

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