Safeguarding

St Thomas More Catholic Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

We recognise that all adults, including temporary staff, volunteers and academy representatives, have a full and active part to play in protecting our students from harm, and that the child or young person’s welfare is our paramount concern.

St Thomas More Catholic Academy provides a caring, positive, safe and stimulating environment that promotes the social, emotional, physical and moral development of the individual child or young person.

We have a team of Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) to support our students. Our lead DSL’s are Mrs J Stubbs (Assistant Headteacher) and Mr P Shufflebotham (Deputy Headteacher). They are supported by Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads and a Safeguarding Manager both the Pastoral and SEN teams.

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mr P Shufflebotham
Email: pshufflebotham@stmca.org.uk

Safeguarding Manager

Mrs S Flynn
Email: sflynn@stmca.org.uk

Inclusion Manager / Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs A Staton
Email: astaton@stmca.org.uk

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs L Holliday
Email: lholliday@stmca.org.uk

Responding to Safeguarding Concerns

Staff within St Thomas More Catholic Academy understand that we all have a responsibility to make sure that concerns about children and vulnerable adults are passed to the school’s safeguarding team without delay. All concerns are reviewed by our safeguarding team to determine the appropriate course of action.

When concerned about the welfare of a child, staff always act in the best interests of the child. Any safeguarding disclosure reported by a child to school will automatically be referred to social care (if relevant) and recorded on the school’s recording system.

Operation Encompass

Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse.

To find out more visit www.operationencompass.org