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Safeguarding

Welcome to Safeguarding at LCS. This page aims to be a portal for all information relating to the safety of LCS Students.

If you have an issue with regards to wellbeing, please see our Wellbeing Page for useful information.

Report an Issue

Please report any LCS related safeguarding concerns one of the methods below:

LCS safeguarding staff will continue to monitor for safeguarding reports and concerns during school holidays.

However, if for some reason you are unable to contact school and have an urgent issue, you can report your concerns via the organisations below:

  • If you are concerned that a child is suffering or at risk of significant harm call Social Care at First Contact Team - 01332 641172  Press Option 1

  • Call the Police on 999

  • Derby City Care Line is the out-of-hours emergency social work service for people living in or visiting Derby.

    • Monday to Friday from 5pm to 9am

    • on weekends and Bank Holidays - 24 hours a day.

    • Contact the careline via telephone on: 01332 956606

  • Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating online? Make a report to one of CEOPs Child Protection Advisors.

  • Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership - This site provides important safeguarding information for the public, children, young people, parents and carers.

Safeguarding Concerns about a Member of LCS Staff

If you have concerns about a member of school staff that you would prefer not to discuss with the Headteacher, please email the Chair of Governors.

Child Protection Policy

The LCS Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found in the Policies section of the website.

Safeguarding Information for Parents

Derbyshire Police - County Lines

Any child is vulnerable to being exploited by county lines drug gangs and the consequences of their involvement can be tragic.

It’s vital that parents and carers know the signs that a child in their care could be involved in county lines drug dealing and what to do if they think that they are.

The attached leaflet gives parents and guardians valuable tips, information and signposting to support in relation to the issue of county lines.

Safeguarding and Wellbeing Staff

  • Miss L. Jenkins - Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

  • Ms L. Boulton - Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead (ADSL)

  • Mrs S. Capill - Wellbeing Coach

  • Miss T. Hulley - Wellbeing Coach

  • Mrs G. Webb - Wellbeing Coach

Where can I get support outside of school?

General Safety

The information below is designed to help with general safety of LCS students.

Useful resources:

www.saferderbycity.org has useful information for both parents and students covering a wide range of safety-related subjects.

The Children's Society - Look Closer Campaign has useful about child exploitation and how to spot the signs of a child being exploited.

E-Safety

You can view the school E-Safety Policy.

As social media becomes increasingly part of our everyday lives, we are wanting to provide information to our students and parents. Please find below a useful link that Derby City Council have provided. This gives some very useful information to assist parents in keeping their children safe online.

The Key have multiple online guides for parents and carers on how to set up parental controls on different devices, along with many online safety factsheets.

Various information about e-safety can be found at InternetMatters.org

The NSPCC have provided the following information to help with e-safety.

Childnet and the UK Safer Internet Centre have provided various resources regarding online safety, see below:

The document below discusses Social Media and is provided by UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has guidance regarding with online "trolling" and hate speech.

Prevent have issued this guide to protecting children from online hate, extremism and fake news:

Skips Education provide lots of information for parents regarding online safety.

Further information and advice on Internet Safety can be found in your child's Student Planner.

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