Keeping Your Child Safe
Westside School is committed to keeping children safe.
All staff are required to read the school's Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy annually, together with the latest government policy guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education. All staff are also required to sign annually, their commitment to abiding by our Code of Ethical Practice. Thorough staff safeguarding workshops are held at the start of every year, and this training is then supplemented further with compulsory completion of online safeguarding modules and other related sessions during the year.
Safeguarding is the responsibility of our whole community, including parents. The school is always helped by knowing if there are any serious problems at home that may affect our students in any way. Such information will be handled confidentially and parents and students should feel confident in telling either the their Head of Year or a member of the Senior Leadership Team or the Headteacher what is happening.
All staff at Westside School consider safeguarding students our top concern.
The safeguarding team at school consists of (can include images of each member of staff)
| Designated Safeguarding Lead | Nicholas Prempeh |
| Deputy Safeguarding Lead | Estee Nassey |
| Deputy Safeguarding Lead | Kevin Browne |
The safeguarding team can be contacted by email to safeguarding@westsideschool.org.uk
For relevant safeguarding policies, please follow this link to the policies page on our website
Bullying (Heading)
The school takes any instance of bullying very seriously.
Concerns raised by parents and carers: Any immediately urgent issues can be reported by phone to the school. An appropriate member of staff will be found to make a note and take action as appropriate.
You can also report bullying by emailing the Head of Year.
For information the Heads of Year are listed below:
| Head of Year 8 | Mr P Stevenson |
| Head of Year 9 | Ms G Collins |
| Head of Year 10 | Mr R Campbell |
| Head of Year 11 | Mr D Sandford |
Useful websites and Fact Sheets
| Protecting children from online abuse | |
| Talking to your child about online safety | www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-child-online-safety/ |
| General advice on range of issues faced by children | |
| Information about drugs | |
| Mental health advice for parents | |
| Information on county lines and child criminal exploitation | www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/child-criminal-exploitation-and-county-lines |
Parent Factsheets
County lines: Parent factsheet
Cyber flashing: Parent factsheet
Fake news and disinformation online: Parent factsheet
Helplines for parents and carers: Parent factsheet
Instagram: Parent factsheet
Loot boxes and skins betting: Parent factsheet
Tips for staying safe online: Parent factsheet
