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We are a Catholic community, committed in our Mission Statement to the vision of the School as a spiritual building whose cornerstone is Christ and whose foundations are the Apostles and Prophets. It follows that our community must be one of love, all of whose members honour the Christ they find in one another. Each person in the School, no matter what his or her worldly status, deserves to be treated with the respect and, indeed, reverence due to one created in the image of God and redeemed by the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ.
It is thus the responsibility of all members of the School, pupils, parents and teachers, to take swift and appropriate action when relationships in our community conspicuously fail to reflect these ideals. The following policy is commended as a series of concrete courses of actions to assist in this endeavour.
Equality Policies
Equality Information and Objectives
Other Policies, Plans & Documents
Data Protection Policy 2022-23
Statement on Radicalisation & Extreme Viewpoints
Educational Visits and School Journeys
Children with health needs who cannot attend school policy
Covid-19 Premium Catch Up Plan
Freedom of Information Publication Scheme and Guide to information available from the Saint John Southworth Academy Trust and the School
Financial Reports
CVMS Accounts Annual Report and Financial Statements - 31 August 2017
CVMS Accounts Annual Report and Financial Statements - 31 August 2018
CVMS Accounts Annual Report and Financial Statements - 31 August 2019
CVMS Accounts Annual Report and Financial Statements - 31 August 2020
CVMS Accounts Annual Report and Financial Statements - 31 August 2021
School Visitor Guidance (incl. COVID-19 restrictions)
We are currently only allowing essential visitors to the school - if your visit is essential, then please ensure that you read our COVID-19 Visitor Guidance sheet, available below.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Procedures
Key Staff
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Safeguarding Role |
Name |
Contact Details |
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Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) |
Aaron Cosgrove |
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Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead |
Patricia Foy |
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Lead Director Safeguarding |
Mary Benton |
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Mental Health Lead |
Aaron Cosgrove |
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Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
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Aqualma Daniel |
07870481712 |
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Bi-Borough Prevent Education Officer |
Tina Bencik |
Introduction
Please feel free to raise any concerns directly with the named individuals at the School via the main switchboard: 0207 603 8478. If a member of staff is unavailable to speak to you at the time, please leave a contact number on which you may be reached.
The issue of safeguarding our young people is one which the School has always taken extremely seriously. Indeed, it is always a key item on the first Staff Professional Development Day of each academic year.
The following notes are based upon the statutory guidance for schools and colleges - Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023)
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as:
· protecting children from maltreatment;
· preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;
· ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
· taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Should a child suffer significant harm, or be likely to do so, the School will do all it can to take action to protect him or her. Action will also be taken to promote the welfare of a child in need of additional support, even if he or she is not suffering harm or at immediate risk.
Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm, and includes (but is not restricted to) the following issues:
- Pupils’ health and safety
- Meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions
- Bullying (including cyberbullying)
- Peer-on-peer abuse
- Sexual harassment and violence
- Providing first aid
- Children missing education
- Fabricated or induced illness
- Child missing from home or care
- Drug and substance misuse
- Child sexual exploitation (CSE)
- Child criminal exploitation (CCE)
- Educational visits
- Domestic violence
- Intimate care
- Female genital mutilation (FGM)
- Internet safety
- Forced marriage
- School security
- Gangs and youth violence
- Faith abuse
- Gender based violence
- Fabricated or induced illness
- Racist abuse
- Mental health
- Harassment and discrimination
- Use of physical intervention
- Private fostering
- Extremism & radicalisation
- Youth produced sexual imagery (sexting)
- Trafficking
Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play in safeguarding children; school staff are particularly important as they are in a position to identify concerns early and provide help for children, thereby preventing concerns from escalating.
If any parent has any concerns about any of these areas, please feel free to raise such matters with either the named member of staff or with me directly.
P Stubbings
Headmaster
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblowing) Policy
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Complaints Procedure
Introduction
We endeavour to provide the best education for all our pupils in an open and transparent environment. We welcome feedback from parents, pupils and other members of the school community and accept that sometimes not all of this will be positive. Where concerns are raised we intend to address these fairly, openly promptly and without prejudice.
What to do if you have a concern about the school
Most concerns or questions can be resolved quickly and informally if they are raised straightaway. If you have a concern, please raise it informally with the appropriate member of staff who will be happy to talk to you and seek to establish a solution. In most cases, the opportunity for discussion, explanation or further information will resolve the issue.
Sometimes, however, a concern will be too serious to be handled in this way. It may need greater investigation or the person involved may not feel that the answers they have received so far have been acceptable or adequate. In such circumstances, the concern will become a complaint and our formal complaints procedure should be used. Please use the link below to download the Complaints Procedure.
Please do not air any grievances or concerns on social media sites or online, as this is potentially damaging to the school and to pupils. It may also inadvertently prejudice the ability of staff or governors to act impartially should there be a need to investigate matters further.
Which procedure do I need?
There are special arrangements in law for certain concerns and these have their own policies and procedures as follows:
• Pupil admissions – please see our Admission Policy on the admissions page
• Pupil exclusions – please see our Behaviour and Pupil Well-Being Policy in the School Policies document available via the About Us link
• Staff grievance, capability or disciplinary – these are covered by the policies for each of these areas, available from the Bursar
Click here for the Complaints Procedure