At Whitemoor, we treat safeguarding with the utmost importance. We work in partnership with parents/carers and the Local Authority to ensure that all our pupils are safe from harm.

The Safeguarding Team

• Mrs Kelliher
• Mr Lord (Headteacher)
• Mr Bevington (Deputy Headteacher)
• Mrs Waterfall (SENCO)

Their Specific Roles

• The Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Mrs Kelliher
• The Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Mr Lord
• The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are: Mr Bevington and Mrs Waterfall
• The Link Governors for Safeguarding are: Elaine Fox and Janine Walker
• The Trust Safeguarding Lead is: Mrs Hall (Scotholme Primary School) 
• The Designated Lead for Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children is: Mr Lord
• The Designated Lead for Child Missing in Education is: Mr Bevington
• The Designated Leads for Filtering and Monitoring are: Mrs Kelliher, Mr Lord, Mr Bevington and Mrs Waterfall
• The Link Governors for Filtering and Monitoring are: Elaine Fox and Janine Walker

Filtering and Monitoring

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 requires schools in England to “ensure appropriate filters and appropriate monitoring systems are in place” and they “should be doing all that they reasonably can to limit children’s exposure to risks from the school’s IT system.” What's more, Whitemoor Academy has a duty to provide a safe learning environment, which includes protecting our pupils from harmful content online.

What is Filtering and Monitoring?

Filtering means blocking harmful internet sites and inappropriate content.

Our filtering system limits access to harmful sites and inappropriate content without stopping pupils from recognising their responsibility in keeping themselves and others safe, and without negatively impacting our teaching and learning provision.

Monitoring is the procedures and protocols employed to ensure that there is a robust approach to checking that our systems are effective and that we respond swiftly to incidents of concern.

The Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) are responsible for monitoring and responding to any incidents raised by Smoothwall and acting appropriately. The DSLs are trained in how to respond to monitoring concerns, should the need arise.

To support the above, we use the Etke (formally eSafety4Schools) web filtering solution and Smoothwall monitoring system. All data captured by Etke and Smoothwall is managed in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018. 

Referrals

The Nottingham City Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (City MASH) receives referrals in respect of children where there are worries about their welfare.

• City MASH is open Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:50pm.
• Outside these hours, the telephone number should be used for emergency safeguarding enquiries only.
• The City MASH will only accept referrals on a child that lives within the Nottingham City boundaries.

If you are a parent, or a carer, or a family member, or a member of the public and have worries about a child, then please contact them on 0115 876 4800 to discuss your worries.

If you wish to report a concern anonymously, then please contact them on 0115 876 4800. Please note that a City MASH referral from a practitioner working with the child or family in a professional capacity cannot be treated as anonymous.