We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and young people.
Staff and volunteers have a duty to report concerns about a child, either because the child may be in need of additional support or if it is thought that a child may have been abused or is at risk of abuse. It is our job, working together, which will help us to protect our young people from such occurrences.
Enabling young people to explore the issue of diversity in a safe and secure environment is extremely important and is something which we are very proud to provide.
We have well established safeguarding policies and procedures in place and we actively promote the welfare of our staff, students and visitors on-site and in the wider community.
If you have concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a young person, please contact Staffordshire County Council on the numbers below:
- First Response Service
Monday - Thursday from 8.30am – 5.00pm
Friday from 8.30am – 4.30pm
0800 1313 126
[email protected] - Emergency Duty Service
All other times
0845 6042886
If there is an imminent threat of harm to others call 999.
If you would like to discuss a matter with Landau Forte Academy Amington. Please contact the following members of staff.
- Designated Safeguarding Lead
Nikki Howley
[email protected] | 01827 301800 - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Karen Buttery
[email protected] | 01827 301800 - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Matthew McDermott
[email protected] | 01827 301800
Safeguarding information out of hours and during the Academy holidays
To pass on safeguarding information out of hours and during the Academy holidays, please use the form on our Contact page choose the safeguarding ‘reason for contact’.
In urgent cases please take the following action:
- If a young person is in immediate risk of harm or there is an imminent threat of harm to others, please call 999.
- You can engage with the Tamworth & Staffordshire Police and Prevent Tragedies teams via Twitter. Their accounts are:
- Tamworth Police – @TamworthPolice
- Staffordshire Police – @StaffsPolice
- Prevent Tragedies – @PreventUK
Below you can find more information on how we safeguard young people in some key areas. Should you require any additional information about our safeguarding policies or procedures please contact us.
Our integration of Online Safety awareness across the curriculum enables us to discuss the sometimes difficult topics in a mature way that engages young people in all year groups. We are committed to ensuring the safety of our students in their use of modern technologies, including not only the PC, but also mobile phones and gaming.
We have gathered together some useful links and resources with advice for protecting you and your child online. These, along with our Online Safety Policy, can be found below.
Useful links
- Parent’s guide to Houseparty
- Parent’s guide to TikTok
- Parent’s guide to YouTube moderation
- Keeping children happy and safe online during COVID-19
- Guide to Blocking and Reporting
- Setting up parental controls for...
General advice
- internetmatters.org
Lots of support on all aspects to do with parents keeping their children safe online. - Common Sense Media
Independent parental advice on the benefits and dangers of apps, games, movies etc. - Parent Info
Lots of support/advice on all social media apps and games. - Thinkuknow
Advice from the National Crime Agency on how to stay safe online. It includes sections for parents and students and advice on reporting. - UK Safer Internet Centre
A consortium of charities to raise awareness and offer advice to parents and students. - Childline
Includes advice on how to report abuse. - NetSmartz
Age-appropriate videos and activities to help teach children be safer online.
Landau Forte Charitable Trust and its academies fully encourages the use and access of the following website for parents, staff and school leaders, http://www.educateagainsthate.com/
This important site brings together the best advice, support and resources available for parents, teachers and school leaders who want to learn how to protect young people from extremism and radicalisation. This site provides helpful guidance and support to the information on this academy’s website about how tackle radicalisation and extremism and how to tackle signs of both. What is so important about this resource is that it does not just offer information for teachers and schools - but parents as well. While schools may be able to spot the signs of radicalisation, the truth is much of it takes place beyond the school gates, in families or friendship groups, in communities and increasingly online. That means parents must be equipped to help protect their children from extremism. They need to understand the threat that extremist organisations pose, how radicalisation happens, what the warning signs look like and who to turn to for support if they are ever worried. The information and advice available on Educate Against Hate will be an invaluable resource in helping them to do that and all are encouraged parents to visit the site and familiarise themselves with the information it provides.
Our academies also play a key role in spotting the signs of radicalisation - just as they do when young people experience other threats or difficulties, such as CSE [child sexual exploitation], eating disorders, mental health problems or drugs. Our academies can pick up those behavioural changes which may signal that a student is being radicalised before their peers or even their parents have spotted them. That is why it is so important that academies see protecting children from radicalisation as part of their safeguarding duties. The vast majority of staff in schools do this already and want to play their part. This website, Educate Against Hate is set to become a tool that helps schools do that.
This website provides up-to-date, practical advice that will help heads and governors understand the procedures their school should have in place to robustly tackle the threat, and will help teachers facing these issues in the classroom to understand radicalisation, its warning signs, and crucially where they can get further support.
We have well-established safeguarding policies and procedures in place and we actively promote the welfare of everyone on our site. We recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation and extremism is no different from safeguarding against any other vulnerability.
All of our staff are expected to uphold and promote the fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
If any parent/carer has a concern about radicalisation and extremism, the Academy can be contacted on 01827 301800, contact can be made with Staffordshire Police by calling 101 (ask for M.A.S.H. (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub)), or alternatively, the national anti-terrorism hotline is available on 0800 789 321.
Our Safeguarding Policy is available for your reference below:
The DfE have recently reinforced the need
“to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.”
The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, these values have been reiterated in November 2014 in the DFE document “Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools”. These values are reinforced through our Tutorial System as well as through the curriculum. Citizenship is delivered throughout key stages 3 and 4 during PSHE, RE and Philosophy and Ethics learning sessions.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any other injury to the female genital organs for nonmedical reasons. FGM is considered a grave violation of the rights of girls and women.
If you have concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a young person, please contact Staffordshire County Council on the numbers below:
- First Response Service
Monday - Thursday from 8.30am – 5.00pm
Friday from 8.30am – 4.30pm
0800 1313 126
[email protected] - Emergency Duty Service
All other times
0845 6042886
If there is an imminent threat of harm to others call 999.
If you would like to discuss a matter with the Academy , then please contact Mrs Nikki Howley via email ([email protected]) or by calling the Academy on 01827 301800.
Further details about how we deal with safeguarding issues, incliding FGM, is available in our Safeguarding Policy below:
Below is a link to help, advice and support for any young person who thinks they may be subject to a forced marriage. A forced marriage is defined as when one or both people do not consent to the marriage and pressure or abuse is used.
Please always dial 999 if you think you are at imminent threat of harm.