Safeguarding

Who should I contact if I have a safeguarding concern?

TGSG Safeguarding Team:

Miss V Pathak (Designated Safeguarding Lead) 

Mr L Thomas (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) 

Miss M Furborough (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) 

Ms G Paisley (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) 

The team can be contacted through: safeguarding@tgsgirls.com

The school also has a Family Liaison Coordinator. For assistance, please email safeguarding@tgsgirls.com

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:

• Providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge
• Protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online
• Preventing the 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

Taken from Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024), paragraph 3

TGSG Safeguarding Priorities

Our safeguarding priorities for 2022 - 2025

• Promote Positive Mental Health and support students experiencing poor mental health particularly through promoting and building self esteem
• Empower students to be upstanders and not bystanders to unkind or bullying behaviours
• Have open and informed conversations about risks and responsible use of social media and the online world

Safeguarding at TGSG

Safeguarding is embedded in all we do across the school community, within our curriculum and through our personal development programme.  

Although all of our students have safeguarding information in their school planners and are regularly reminded of who the safeguarding and pastoral team members are and the different options they have to meet with or to contact them, they also know that they can turn to any member of the school staff to find a trusted adult.

Through the comprehensive PSHCE curriculum, through the assemblies and form activities that are a valuable part of our personal development programme, through other areas of the curriculum, our themed weeks and range of visitors, TGSG continually seeks to educate and inform our students in order to prevent and minimise any risks to their safety and to promote well being. 

Where a student may become at danger of any risk, we have a number of support systems within the school including our Family Liaison Officer, mentors and counsellors who come into the school to support the student.  In addition, we work closely with a range of support agencies, charities, volunteer groups and support organisations to make swift and appropriate referrals for both students and often to access support for their families too.

There is a regular safeguarding section in the weekly bulletin which is sent out every Friday.

All staff receive annual Safeguarding and Child Protection training, and must attend termly updates. They are aware of the procedures for passing on concerns within school.

If any members of the school or local community have concerns about the welfare of a child in the school, please pass them on to one of the staff above.

PARENTS AND CARERS INFORMATION

Following the troubling testimonies of sexual harassment and abuse documented on the Everyone's Invited website the NSPCC has a new helpline available to support children and young, people, and offer guidance to adults and staff working with pupils.

The helpline can be contacted on 0800 136 663, or by emailing help@nspcc.org.uk

Useful Sites for Parent, Carers and Students

 Online Safety and Social Media Guides for Parents and Carers

Useful Links