Safeguarding Newsletter ISSUE 15: March 2023
The Safeguarding Team Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) Delyth Lynch Deputy Head (Safeguarding) Biology 07825 419190
Assistant Deputy Head Safeguarding & Head of Online Safety Jess Goves P&R teacher 01344 751774
Deputy DSL David Walker Deputy Head (Pastoral & Wellbeing) Physics 07717 765343
Deputy DSL Tom Wayman Assistant Head (Pupils) English 07766 448086
Deputy DSL Ed Venables Director of Admissions Economics 07766 168286
Deputy DSL Gaby Moretti Chambers Operations Manager (Wellington Health & Fitness Club) 01344 444243
If you are concerned for a child’s welfare, health or safety or if you have concerns about the
behaviour of any adult – parent, member of staff or member of the general public – please contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead or a Deputy immediately.
A note from the DSL On the 7th February, we celebrated Safer Internet Day. Now in its 20th year, many of you will have seen certain aspects of the campaign on social media, with the theme this year being ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online.’ National days are sometimes met with an eye roll and a “not another awareness day”, especially by the ever-cynical teenager, however Safer Internet Day has had real world impacts that have affected millions of children and in 2022 they pushed #SaferInternetDay to the top of the twitter trending chart for that day. The safeguarding team has devoted most of this newsletter to online
safety so that we can really raise awareness in this area. We hear all too often that online safety is not just a matter for teachers to educate pupils but for parents to also take responsibility. We hope to be able to highlight some of the amazing resources that are out there for you and raise the importance of parental engagement in this hugely important area of safeguarding. The Assistant Deputy Head (Safeguarding) Jess Goves is leading brilliantly in this sphere and I am delighted to have co-written this edition of the newsletter with her; if you have read this far and are about to press the small cross in the right hand corner, please don’t – children today