Safeguarding
Pastoral, family support and safeguarding information.
Key Safeguarding Staff
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Jan McColl
Family Support Worker: Cheryl Ryder
Learning Mentor: Becky Millikin
Nurture Group / 1:1 Support: Rachel Southall, Bethryn Hanbury, Karen Christie
Lord Scudamore Academy has a pastoral team led by Mrs McColl who is always happy to speak to you regarding any concerns you may have.
From time to time families may need extra support which schools’ are now able to provide.
You may feel that your child would benefit from extra pastoral support in school in the form of group work or 1:1 sessions. We can offer a variety of support in the form of nurture groups, social groups, 1:1 anger management, talking about feelings, bereavement support, self-esteem work to name a few. Our Learning Mentor and Nurture Group Teaching Assistants run these sessions and are familiar faces around the school who your children will know well. If you think your child would benefit from some extra support please speak to Mrs McColl or your child’s class teacher.
We have a Family Support Worker who can visit you at home if you wish and can offer support with behaviour, routines and boundaries, accessing other services, financial worries, housing concerns etc.
We would also like to reassure you that we rarely share information with other agencies about your child without first speaking to you.
Even if we make the difficult decision that we need to speak to Social Care about your child we will always undertake to share our intention to do so with you unless we deem that to do so could put the child at greater risk of harm, or impede a criminal investigation.
We fully understand that this can be a very distressing set of circumstances but we can only reassure you that we follow the procedures required by Herefordshire Safeguarding Partnership.
Mrs McColl is the Designated Safeguarding Lead in school. Mrs Ryder, Mrs Millikin, Mrs Colledge, Mrs White, Mrs Wargen and Mrs Beecham are also trained to deal with any welfare issues in Mrs McColl’s absence.
Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs McColl should you have a worry or concern regarding a safeguarding issue.
Safeguarding Policies
- Safeguarding & child protection policy 2020-2021 (rev Sept 2021)
- Behaviour policy (rev Sept 2021)
- Anti-bullying policy (rev Sept 2021)
- Managing allegations policy (rev Sept 2022)
- Preventing extremism & radicalisation policy (rev Sept 2022)
- Safer recruitment policy (rev Jan 2022)
- Whistleblowing policy (rev Dec 2021)
Jan McColl
Pastoral & Safeguarding Manager (DSL)
Cheryl Ryder
Family Support Worker
Becky Millikin
Learning Mentor
Rachel Southall
Nurture Group/1:1 support
Bethryn Hanbury
Nurture Group/1:1 support
Karen Christie
Nurture Group/1:1 support
