Safeguarding
The Park School is wholly committed to ensuring that all of its students are cared for in a safe and secure environment.
Under the Education Act 2002 (Section 175), schools “must make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children”. Parent/carers should know that the law (Children Act 1989) requires all school staff to pass on information that gives rise to a concern about a child’s welfare, including risk from neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
The staff will seek, in general, to discuss any concerns with the parent/carer, and where possible, seek their consent to a referral to Social Care. This will only be done where such discussion will not place the child at increased risk of significant harm. Schools will seek advice from Social Care when they have reasonable cause to suspect a child may be suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. Occasionally, concerns are passed on which are later shown to be unfounded.
Parents / carers will appreciate that the member of staff in the school with responsibility for child protection (known as the Designated Safeguarding Lead) carries out their responsibilities in accordance with the law and acts in the best interests of all children.
Our designated teacher for Looked After Children is Sam Thomson (SENCO) sam.thomson@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Our online safety coordinator is James Downie (IT Support) James.downie@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
If you want to speak to someone within the School about a safeguarding issue please speak to our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL) (see below). All disclosures are treated in the strictest confidence.
During weekends and holidays when the schools are closed, please contact the Surrey Children's Single Point of Access on 0300 470 9100 (or 01483 517898 out of hours).
If you are concerned that there is an immediate risk of serious hard to a child, please contact the emergency services without delay on 999 or 101.
All school DSLs can be contacted on: dsl@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Zara Wright - DSL zara.wright@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Georgia Russell - DDSL georgia.russell@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Sam Thomson - DDSL sam.thomson@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Sara Palthe - DDSL sara.palthe@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Louise Courage - DDSL louise.courage@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Jodie Murphy - DDSL jodie.murphy@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Named Governor for Safeguarding - Jo Green jo.green@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Chair of Governors - Ralph Johnson rjohnson@weydonschool.surrey.sch.uk
The following trust documents
Staff Code of Conduct
Recruitment and Selection Policy
Safeguarding Statement of Intent
Whistleblowing
can be located on link below
Trained First Aiders
Helen O’Connor - Appointed Medical Lead/Operations Manager
helen.oconnor@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Sharon Trowbridge - Teaching Assistant/ELSA
sharon.trowbridge@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Joan Wilson - Teaching Assistant
joan.wilson@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Samina Khan - Teaching Assistant
samina.khan@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Jodie Murphy - Teaching Assistant
jodie.murphy@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Philippa Edwards - Teaching Assistant/PA to Leadership Team
philippa.edwards@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Fauzia Kamran - Teaching Assistant
fauzia.Kamran@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Gabriella Sarosi - Teaching Assistant
gabriella.sarosi@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Mark Rose - Assistant Headteacher/EVC
mark.rose@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Zara Wright - Deputy Headteacher/DSL
zara.wright@thepark.surrey.sch.uk
Online Safety
The online world changes so quickly it's hard to keep up. NSPCC’s online safety guides help navigate online risks – whether your kids are gaming, chatting, posting or streaming. Click below to be taken to NSPCC’s website.
Preventing Child Exploitation
Support Lines
Parentline Plus – ‘Got a Teenager’
A national charity that works for, and with parents. They offer lots of on-line support and services to help teenagers (e.g. games consoles, sibling rivalry, bullying), online parenting classes, telephone advice from experts, fact sheets etc. They also provide a telephone service. They can be used in a crisis, but is probably best for parents who want to research, or reflect and plan for the future.
Tel: 0800 800 2222 (24 hours)
gotateenager.org.uk is part of Parentline Plus parentlineplus.org.uk
Family Line Surrey
A confidential telephone help line. No problem is too big or small. A listening service for families going through hard times. Good to call when things are going badly and you need a listening ear. They will refer parents on to support organisations in Surrey.
Tel: 0808 800 5678 (not 24 hours)
Partnership with Parents
The service provides information, advice and support to parents of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) at all stages of their child's school life, from pre-school early diagnosis through to school-leaving at 16 or 19 and for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities to age 25.
Tel: 01737 737300
Video Resources
parentzone.org.uk/library - free digital guides, videos, information for parents
familylives.org.uk/how-we-can-help/parentchannel-tv - a website is full of short and informative video clips for handling some common topics for parents of all ages, including aged 9-14 'Moving to Secondary School' and 'Friends - Friendship Blues and Bust-ups'. This is a collaborative project funded by the Department for Education, and one partner is Parenting UK, a national membership body with access to parenting knowledge across the sector.
