Safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility
Our Commitment
The Good Shepherd Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that all our recruitment and employment practices reflect this commitment.
The safety and wellbeing of every child in the care of Ashley is our absolute priority. We expect all of our staff, pupils, parents, LGC members, Trust directors, visitors, contractors and third-party professionals to share this view. The safeguarding and protection of children is everyone’s responsibility.
Designated Safeguarding Leads
The term “Designated Safeguarding Lead” (DSL) is used in the DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education document and refers to the person accountable for overseeing the safety and wellbeing of the children in the care of their setting.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Miss N Clifford
Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are:
- Mrs J Ratcliff
- Mrs H Garrick
- Mrs L Athersuch
- Mrs K Kent
- Mrs C Heavens
- Mrs A Scott
- Miss K Porter
Our Local Committee Safeguarding Link Member is: Mr Webb
Named photos of the DSLs at our school.
Good Shepherd Trust Safeguarding Personnel
Liz Tedbury, Head of Safeguarding, acts as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the central Trust team.
Mrs Claire-Louise West is the Trustee Director with specific responsibility for child protection and safeguarding.
Reporting Concerns
If you have a concern about a child, please contact a DSL/DDSL either in person; by telephone, via the school office (on 01932 227695); or by email via dsl@ashley.surrey.sch.uk. If your concern is about an adult working or volunteering in the school, you should contact the Headteacher. If your concern is about the Headteacher, you should contact the Trust Board Chair.
The LADO (local authority designated officer) can be contacted via 0300 123 1650 or email LADO@surreycc.gov.uk
Outside of school hours
If you have an urgent safeguarding concern outside of school hours you must contact a statutory service. You must not consider that you have reported your concern by emailing the DSL email address as it may not be dealt with.
If there is an imminent risk of harm, call the Police on 999.
You can also report an offence by calling 101, or online.
You can also report a concern directly to the local authority - contact details for Surrey are below:
Children's Single Point of Access (C-SPA) within Surrey Children's Services directly:
- Telephone (Office hours -9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday): 0300 470 9100
- Email: cspa@surreycc.gov.uk
- Text (SMS): 07527 182861 (for the deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech impairments)
- Video relay service (VRS): Sign Language Video Relay Service
- Telephone from overseas: +44 20 8541 9944 (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday)
Evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Phone: 01483 517 898
- Email: edt.ssd@surreycc.gov.uk
- Text (SMS): 07800 000388 (for the deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech impairments)
- Text relay: (a speech-to-text translation service): 18001 01483 517898
Please view the document at the bottom of this page if you have a concern about a child or adult and are not sure who to contact.
At Ashley, we take safeguarding and child protection very seriously. We have a number of policies and procedures that contribute to our safeguarding commitment.
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 26
Key policies can found in the policy area.
We use a computerised system called CPOMS to record and track safeguarding concerns.
If you would like to see the Trust's safeguarding information, please click here.
DBS Filtering
Information on DBS filtering and where employees and potential candidates can obtain independent advice on this matter, can be found on our vacancies page.
Images & Video
Any images taken at school events and performances must be for private use only and if they include others, they must not be put on the web/internet without their consent; otherwise Data Protection legislation may be contravened.