At Myton, we are wholly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we believe that keeping children safe is everyone’s business.
We recognise it is our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all students. We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice.
Safeguarding Contacts
If you need to raise a safeguarding concern with us, either about your own situation or someone else’s, please use [email protected] which is monitored regularly during school hours.
In case of emergency, please call Warwickshire County Council on 01926 414144 or their Evening and Weekend Emergency Duty Team on 01926 886922.
In all events, you can call the Police on 999.
Other useful contacts
Young Carers – 02476 217740
Samaritans Helpline 116 123 or email [email protected]
Childline – 0800 1111
Bereavement support – [email protected] or 0808 808 1677
To deter and prevent abuse of students by making safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of students, an integral part of the staffing processes in school. These are applied to everyone who works in the school setting, all of whom are likely to be perceived by children as a safe, trustworthy adult.
This includes people who:
- are responsible for students
- regularly come into contact with students
- are regularly in school when students are present (volunteers, contractors etc.)
Safeguarding covers a number of areas and polices such as:
- Wellbeing policy
- Attendance policy
- Child Protection
- Confidentiality
- E-safety
- Equal Opportunities
- Inclusion
Download our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
If you have a safeguarding concern regarding a student please contact Myton School on 01926 493805 and ask to speak to someone on our safeguarding team.
Our Finance team are operating year-round and can be contacted using the email address [email protected].
If your family is in need of financial support you can send a request to us on that email and we’ll get back to you.
During holiday time if your family need a foodbank voucher please email [email protected].
Other useful links:
Abused Empowered Survive Thrive
Child Line
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
The Broken Spirits Network
BEAT – Beating Eating Disorders
Drug information
Local drug information
Family Information Service
National Domestic Violence Helpline
Rape Crisis
Reach online counselling and live chat drop-in service
Respond
The Mix
Support Line
Young Carers
Under the Education Act 2002 (Section 175 for maintained schools/Section 157 for academies/free/independent schools), schools must make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Parents/carers should know that the law (Children Act 1989) requires all school staff to pass on information which gives rise to a concern about a child’s welfare, including risk from neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse. Staff will seek, in general, to discuss any concerns with the parent/carer and discuss the need to make a referral to Children’s Social Care if that is considered necessary. This will only be done where such discussion will not place the child at increased risk of significant harm or cause undue delay.
The school will seek advice from Children’s Social Care when they have reasonable cause to suspect a child may be suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. Occasionally, concerns are passed on which are later found to be unfounded. Parents/carers will appreciate that the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead carries out their responsibilities in accordance with the law and acts in the best interests of all children.
