Cashless Transition Home Information Curriculum About Covid-19 Learning Students 6th Form Parents Careers Search Keywords Information Open Evening Safeguarding 2020 GCSE Autumn Exam Series Year 11 Updates Statutory Information and Policies Leavers Destination Report Community Information School Calendar Term Dates SEND Prospectus E-Safety Bullying & Cybersafety Results and Performance Ofsted Report 2017 Valley Learning School Direct Safeguarding at Brighouse High School Brighouse High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means: Protecting children from maltreatment Preventing impairment of children’s health or development Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care Taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcome Safeguarding includes child protection, health care plans, health and safety, site security, safety on school trips, anti-bullying work and so much more. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent, effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, students and staff at school. Any safeguarding concerns are passed through the members of staff who are trained as ‘safeguarding leads’. Please contact the following members of staff if you have any concerns about a child’s safety or emotional well-being. The Designated Safeguarding Lead is Ms Wardle, Deputy Headteacher Safeguarding leads: A Haslem C Horsfield L Silverwood S Bishop C Lee – 6th Form The school will endeavour to discuss all concerns with parents about their children. However, there may be exceptional circumstances when the school will discuss concerns with Social Care and/or the Police without parental knowledge (in accordance with Child Protection procedures). The school will, of course, always aim to maintain a positive relationship with all parents. The school’s Child Protection policy is available publicly. The following website links provide advice and information for parents: http://www.ceop.police.uk/ https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/ http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx http://paceuk.info/ http://www.stop-cse.org/saysomething/ https://www.net-aware.org.uk/ http://parentinfo.org/article/staying-safe-on-minecraft Documents Name Date Uploaded Size Safeguarding of Children Statement of Intent 2nd February 2021 0.40 MB Safeguarding Child Protection Policy updated Sept 2021 2nd November 2021 1.22 MB Visitor Booklet 2nd November 2021 1.89 MB Brighouse High School Finkil Street, Brighouse West Yorkshire HD6 2NY Tel: 01484 710408 Email: admin@brighouse.calderdale.sch.uk Web Design Blue Chilli Cookies Brighouse Email