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Safeguarding Statement
At The Deeping School, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is our highest priority. We are fully committed to ensuring that all students feel safe, supported, and valued within our school community. Our safeguarding practices are in line with all statutory guidance issued by the DfE and guided by the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Board.
We believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. All staff, governors, and volunteers are trained to identify and respond to concerns, and we maintain a culture of vigilance and openness. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Deputy DSLs are fully trained and accessible to ensure swift and effective responses to any safeguarding issues.
Our approach to safeguarding is deeply rooted in our school values:
- Kindness – We foster a nurturing environment where every child is treated with compassion and care. We encourage students to look out for one another and to speak up if they or someone else needs help.
- Respect – We promote a culture of mutual respect where diversity is celebrated, and every individual’s rights are upheld. Respect is central to how we interact with each other and how we protect the dignity and safety of all.
- Ambition – We are ambitious for our students’ futures, and that includes their right to grow and thrive in a safe and supportive environment. Safeguarding is essential to enabling every child to reach their full potential.
We work in close partnership with parents, carers, external agencies, and the wider community to ensure a coordinated and effective safeguarding response. Our policies and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated in line with national and local guidance.
For more information, please refer to our full Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy 2024-2025
Reporting a Concern or Contacting the Safeguarding Team
If you have a concern about a child please don’t hesitate to contact our safeguarding team at:
Safeguarding@deepings.anthemtrust.uk
Phone : 01778 342159 and ask for Safeguarding.
If you have a concern for a child outside of school opening times, or that you feel requires it, you can report concerns directly to Children’s Social Care.
- Note that as a member of the public you can report anonymously and do not have to give your name or details if you don’t wish to
For Lincolnshire Children’s Social Care: 01522 782111 (Out of Hours: 01522 782155)
For Cambridgeshire Children’s Social Care: Safeguarding children and child protection | Cambridgeshire County Council This includes a link to report a concern. (Emergency Duty Team on 01733 234724)
For Peterborough Children’s Social Care: Safeguarding children | Peterborough City Council This includes a link to report a concern. (Emergency Duty Team 01733 234724)
** In an emergency please always call 999 **
Useful Links for Parents:
Online Safety:
The online world and the ways young people interact with it can move incredibly fast and it can be easy for parents to feel overwhelmed. The links below have guides on how parents can best to approach issues with young people, information on safety settings for devices, and information on what apps, games and sites are currently popular.
Parents and carers | CEOP Education
Keeping children safe online | NSPCC
Keep Children Safe Online: Information, advice, support - Internet Matters
Reporting a worry:
Submit a Report of Harmful Content (reportharmfulcontent.com) - links to request removal of harmful content from all major social media companies . You can report concerns on the following areas
- Threats
- Impersonation
- Bullying & Harassment
- Self-harm or Suicide
- Online Abuse
- Violent Content
- Unwanted Sexual Advances
- Pornographic Content
CEOP Safety Centre - for the reporting online child sexual abuse
Report Remove | Childline Report Remove is here to help young people under 18 in the UK to confidentially report sexual images and videos of themselves and remove them from the internet.
Mental Health Support
Home - Kooth – ‘Kooth is a free, safe, anonymous online emotional wellbeing community that is accessible 24/7, 365 days of the year and provides access to chat sessions with BACP-accredited counsellors and qualified emotional wellbeing practitioners.’
Papyrus UK Suicide Prevention | Prevention of Young Suicide (papyrus-uk.org) - PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.
YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People | YoungMinds – ‘We provide young people with the tools to look after their mental health. We empower adults to be the best support they can be to the young people in their lives. And we give young people the space and confidence to get their voices heard and change the world we live in.’
Apps - stem4 A range of award-winning apps designed to help young people struggling with thoughts of self-harm, anxiety and depression
Mental Heath Services
Our services :: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust (lpft.nhs.uk) - Lincolnshire
Self-referral :: Lincolnshire Young Minds (lpft.nhs.uk) - Young person services (including self-referral)
Home | CPFT NHS Trust - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Financial Support
Apply for free school meals – Lincolnshire County Council
Deepings Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis – have spoken with the manager, they have said the best way of referring anyone is to have them call directly – we do not need to arrange issuing of a voucher. May be possible for the foodbank to deliver to school and for us to drop off if the family cannot collect themselves. Phone number is: 07516 717346
Foodbank in Spalding - Agape Care Foodbank
Stamford & Oundle Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis
