If you have any concerns regarding safeguarding a child at Woodfield Academy, please contact the office on: 01527-527081 Or email: [email protected]

For students who have any worries or concerns they can email: [email protected]

If you have any concerns about a child outside these hours and feel they may be in need of protection or safeguarding please contact the Family Front Door. Staff are available Monday to Thursday from 9.00am to 5.00pm and Fridays from 9.00am to 4.30pm telephone: 01905 822666 For assistance out of office hours (weekdays and all day at weekends and bank holidays) telephone: 01905 768020

If you have reason to believe that a child, young person or adult is at immediate risk from harm contact the Police on 999.

Click here to view or download the Safeguarding Children Policy including Child Protection

Updated: Sept 2023 – Safeguarding Governor: Mrs Rebecca Delmore – Designated Safeguarding Lead: Miss B Doidge – Deputy Safeguarding Leads: Mr N Straw, Miss A Chapman and Mrs K Freeman

The School’s Safeguarding and Child protection policy draws upon duties conferred by the Children Acts 1989 and 2004, The Children and Families Act 2014, s175 of the 2020 Education Act, The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 (for independent schools ), the Non-maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015 (for non-maintained special schools) and the guidance contained in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018, the DfE’s statutory Keeping children safe in education.

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