Safeguarding and Child Protection

Pond Meadow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. This includes doing everything we can to protect our students in school, at home, in the community and online.

Pond Meadow believes it is unacceptable for any child or vulnerable personal to experience any form of abuse and we recognise our responsibility to safeguard them. We expect all staff, governors, parents/carer and visitors to actively support this commitment.

Staff, governors, parent/carers and visitors are provided with guidance to follow, should they suspect a child or young person my be at risk of harm or experiencing abuse. We work co-operatively with other agencies to safeguarding and promote the welfare of children and young people.                                                          
At Pond Meadow we understand effective safeguarding requires a whole family approach and have signed up to Operation Encompass to ensure we can put support in place for our students where Domestic Abuse is a factor in their life. Our safeguarding team are trained in the procedure and can offer appropriate support to all affected.

Concern about students are discussed with parents/carers first; unless there is reason to believe such a decision would not be in the students best interest. If you see anything that gives you cause for concern whether that be at school, in the community or online you have a duty of care to report this to our safeguarding team. Please see below for contact information for our safeguarding team and other useful numbers.

In dealing with concerns or allegations about a member of staff or a volunteer, please report it immediately to our Headteacher, Emily Hayward.

Should the concern or allegation be in relation to the Headteacher this needs to be raised with our Chair of Governors as soon as possible. If the Chair of Governors is not available the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) should be contacted directly. Our Chair of Governors is Alex Page who can be contacted ap.gov@pond-meadow.surrey.sch.uk  

Please see our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy, along with our Whistleblowing policy for more detailed information.