Safeguarding

At Windsor High School and Sixth Form, safeguarding is of paramount importance. We work tirelessly to ensure our students are safe, happy and supported in fulfilling their potential.

Our Ofsted report highlights the strong culture of safeguarding at our school and that students feel very safe and well looked after. This view is also supported by student, staff and parent surveys.

Should you have a concern regarding the safety or wellbeing of any child, please report this to the child's Head of House or one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads listed below.

Designated safeguarding leads

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads are:

Mrs Hannan - Lead
Mr Campbell-Roberts
Mrs Dhanoya
Ms Downer
Miss Freear
Mrs Jones
Mr Leathem-Pugh
Mr Mortelmans
Mr Perks
Miss Raindi

School Help Advice Reporting Page (SHARP) System

Got something to say but not sure how?

Seen something that you're not comfortable with?

The SHARP system allows young people to report any incidents which occur within the school and local community anonymously and without fear. Aside from the reporting tool SHARP delivers educational content to raise awareness on a wide range of subjects including: Bullying, Health, Community Issues, Weapons and Hate Crime.

This is a confidential way to stop you or a friend or someone you know from suffering.

SHARP System

Safeguarding Policies

Anti Bullying Policy Behaviour Policy Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy Equality Policy Equality Statement

Keeping Children Safe in Education

You can read translated versions of the Department for Education's Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance by clicking the link below.

Keeping Children Safe in Education translations

Educate Against Hate

Educate Against Hate gives practical advice on protecting children from extremism and radicalisation. You can view the website here.

Prevent and Countering Extremism in Young People Advice and Guidance for Parents and Carers

Healthy and Respectful Relationships

We understand that forming healthy, positive relationships helps children and young people feel safe and supported, but being in an unhealthy relationship can have a negative impact on our wellbeing and development.

Students in unhealthy relationships may feel anxious and nervous or not free to make their own decisions. They might have low self-esteem and depression, experience headaches or have other ongoing physical health symptoms. Our staff understand the importance of healthy relationships and are vigilant in recognising when something is wrong in a young person’s relationship and take appropriate action to keep them safe.

We provide below links to information that families may find useful:

NSPCC	Healthy Relationships
Anna Freud Centre	Relationships and belonging
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP)	Healthy Relationships
Childnet	Healthy Relationships Online
NSPCC Learning	Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Promoting Healthy Relationships
Childline	Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
Love is Respect	Everyone Deserves Healthy Relationships

Useful websites and information

Anti-bullying	Family Lives website - Bullying Samaritans Anti-bullying Alliance Barnardo's Childline The Children's Society
Child Safety	NSPCC - types of child abuse Child Accident Prevention Trust Child Safety Week information The Mix - crime and safety
Child Exploitation (CE)	NSPCC - Child sexual exploitation STOP CE Be Aware of Child Exploitation
Domestic Violence	Women's Aid Refuge Family Lives Dudley Safe and Sound Partnership Domestic Abuse posters in different languages: English, Urdu, Arabic, Polish, Romanian, Punjabi, Mandarin
Drugs	Talk to Frank Gov.uk The Mix
E-Safety	Know IT All for Parents National Online Safety - safety guides and tips about various online platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok Virgin Media Children's Online Safety Test O2 keeping kids safe online resources Go Compare Broadband Parental Control NSPCC - Free Virtual Online Safety Workshop for Parents
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)	Feminist Majority Foundation Young Minds
Forced Marriage	Gov.uk
International Child Abduction	Central Authority for England and Wales
LGBTQ+	Stonewall, the leading charity and organisation for the LGBT+ community, have produced advice for parents/carers who think their child may be gay
Local Authority Safeguarding Information	Dudley Council
Mental Health	Young Minds Family Lives MIND NSPCC Black Country Mental Health Children's Society Dr Radha's Wellbeing Tips Kooth Place2Be The Mix - essential support for under 25s The WHAT? Centre Happier Minds
Prevent Duty	Educate Against Hate - Prevent and Countering Extremism in Young People - Advice and Guidance for Parents and Carers
Self-harm	Virtual College - Understanding Young Minds (free online course) Young Minds
Advice for Parents	Parentzone - provides support and guidance for parents from leading experts Parentwise - A helping hand for parents and carers London Grid for Learning - guides for being safe outside of the school building Dudley Parents - a one stop shop for parenting advice