Safeguarding and E-Safety Simon Williams Deputy Headteacher and Safeguarding Lead Designated Person

New DFE directive to schools ‘The Prevent Duty’ Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) – CSE is a type of sexual abuse in which children are sexually exploited for money, power or status. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) - (sometimes referred to as female circumcision) refers to procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It has no health benefits and harms girls and women in many ways. A girl at immediate risk of FGM may not know what's going to happen. Preventing Extremism and Radicalisation - The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 places a duty on specified authorities, including local authorities and childcare, education and other children’s services providers, in the exercise of their functions, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism, extremism and radicalisation.

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E- Safety We have a new e-safety monitoring system that picks up any misuse of the school’s ICT property It detects inappropriate: Images, websites and words typed into any programme including s and MS Word/PP/Publisher documents It will help to prevent Cyber bullying, radicalisation and extremism, on-line grooming etc and students working off task in lessons!!! We haven’t had any reported incidents yet !! ICT Misuse = Gross Misconduct (GM)

Keeping your child safe on - line The risks and dangers of being online Inappropriate content – including pornography Ignoring age restrictions Friending or communicating with strangers Grooming and Sexual Abuse Sharing Personal Information Gambling or running up debts

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Excellence Be the best you can be in everything you do Strive to exceed all expectations inside and outside the classroom No excuses Be ambitious for your future.

Responsibility Take responsibility for your own learning and behaviour Engage fully in lessons Participate in extra-curricular activities Work to change your school, local and global communities for the better.

Perseverance Work hard: remember that effort is the key to success Keep trying even when you find things difficult Enjoy difficult challenges Be resilient and maintain a growth mindset at all times.

Family Respect yourself, other people and the school environment Care for and support each other Follow the rules Value diversity and difference.

Our Vision All students will develop the knowledge, skills and character so that they can be happy in life, and be successful in higher education or the inspiring career pathway of their choice.

Excellence for All

What does this mean for your child at the start of a new year?

Ms Hardy – Director of Learning KS3 The purpose of the evening. What we have done already. What we will be doing this year.

Homework -Through practice and participation in learning tasks, homework can improve student achievement -Students general knowledge and levels improve but your student will also increase mastery of basic academic skills, such as literacy and numeracy -There is also improved development of personal skills such as organisation time management gained by completing homework -Offers schools an opportunity to let parents/carers know what their children are learning -Promotes home-school partnership

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