Safeguarding

Cross Keys Learning is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all our students and staff and expects all learners, staff, volunteers, parents and stakeholders to share this commitment.

We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment which can be viewed in the policies and procedures section of our website.

Sometimes we need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a students welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our students are discussed with parents and carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a discussion would be harmful to the student's welfare.

We actively support the Government's PREVENT agenda to counter radicalism and extremism.

All our staff complete mandatory Safeguarding training, which is refreshed annually, as well as attending mandatory safeguarding workshops.

If you have any concerns regarding the safeguarding of a child at Cross Keys Learning, please contact our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL)

We recognise the essential role that education establishments play in helping young people to understand and identify parameters of what is appropriate child and adult behaviour; what is ‘safe’, to recognise when they and others close to them are not safe; and how to seek advice and support when they are concerned.

Cross Keys Learning will use the curriculum to provide opportunities for increasing self-awareness, self-esteem, social and emotional understanding, assertiveness and decision making so that young people have a range of contacts and strategies to ensure their own protection and understand the importance of protecting others. This will include online safety.

View our Safeguarding policy

Young people will be educated at a level appropriate to their age and ability about a range of safeguarding concerns through personal, social, health and economic education (SMSC), tutor groups, personal development lessons, and through sex and relationship education (SRE). This will include but is not limited to, bullying (including cyber bullying), radicalisation, child sexual exploitation (CSE), stranger danger, road safety, sexual abuse, neglect, online safety, gender-based violence/sexual assaults and ‘sexting’.

Systems have been established to support the empowerment of young people to talk to a range of staff. Young people at Cross Keys Learning will be listened to and heard, and their concerns will be taken seriously and acted upon as deemed appropriate.