Designated Safeguarding Leads
Safeguarding is the highest priority at Apley Wood Primary Academy. If you have any concerns about the welfare of a child, please contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads who are:
Mrs E Smith (Headteacher/Supervising DSL)
Mrs Y Thorpe (Deputy Headteacher/Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead/DDSL)
Mrs S Williams (Assistant Headteacher/;DDSL)
Mrs E Mumford (Pastoral Lead/Designated safeguarding Lead)
Mrs L Hall (Extended Day Manager/Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Miss V Pearson (Extended Day/DDSL)
Our Safeguarding Governor is Mrs Esther McDermott.
Our online safety leads are Mrs N Stinson (computing lead) and Mrs E Smith (Supervising DSL).
Please see our policies page for all of our safeguarding policies.
Children’s Safeguarding Team
Our safeguarding squad are Year 5 and Year 6 pupils who will be delivering assemblies and classroom workshops on a wide range of safety topics during the school year. They will be working closely with Mrs Smith and Mr Yardley to ensure that all Apley pupils have a good understanding about how to stay safe themselves and keep others safe.
Please find below their Anti Bullying leaflet:
Antibullying Leaflet
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) DSL
At Apley Wood Primary Academy our nominated Deputy DSL for CSE is Mrs S Williams who works alongside our DSL Mrs E Smith.
Parent Information
The school takes seriously its duties to assist parents and help them with on line safeguarding resources. As such we do send out a half termly Online safety newsletter for parents and link to the weekly online safety information from National Online Safety on twitter.
Parental-Controls-booklet-2023
We would also like to make you aware of the web page Parent Info, which is a comprehensive, free resource for schools and parents covering a range of safeguarding topics and information about apps and when they are updated etc. The content is updated by CEOP (Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre) and can be found at http://parentinfo.org/
Please click on the links below for useful Safeguarding Information
NSPCC parent guides for a range of resources to help keep children safe NSPCC resources – (parent.carer) – spring 2023
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/child-sexual-exploitation/ This NSPCC page has links to information about what CSE is, signs to look out for, how to report and support for parents and carers.
Parent information guide – what to do if you are worried about Child Sexual Exploitation. A Guide for parents and carers CSE 2022 leaflet DIGI
Channel West Mercia
Telford Safeguarding Partnership
https://www.internetmatters.org/digital-matters/
The Digital Matters site has a lot of useful information to help children understand elements of different online safety topics.
http://www.stopitnow.org.uk/
http://www.swgfl.org.uk
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk
http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com
http://www.parentsprotect.co.uk
http://www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk
Safeguarding Culture Presentation
Snap Chat Parent Guide
Social Media Advice for Families
https://beinternetlegends.withgoogle.com/en_uk/interland
Mobile Phones
Whilst we would prefer parents not to use their mobile phones whilst at school, we recognise that this would be impossible to regulate and that many parents see their phones as an essential means of communication at all times. We therefore ask that parents’ usage of mobile phones whilst on the school site is courteous and appropriate to the school environment. We enjoy inviting our parents and carers into school to take part in events such as workshops, parent lunches and class visits but please can we remind you that we take safeguarding very seriously and the use of mobiles and the taking of photographs during these times is strictly forbidden.
We allow parents to photograph or video school events such as shows or sports day using their mobile phones – but insist that parents do not publish images(e.g. on social networking sites) that include any children other than their own.
Anyone who is found using a mobile phone or taking photographs in a way that contravenes this policy may have their parental license to enter school revoked.