Safeguarding

The Trustees have appointed a Safeguarding Officer who works across all six schools within the Trust.  As part of her role she offers supervision, training and undertakes monitoring visits to each of the academies.

The Trustees have agreed that Safeguarding First will provide Safeguarding supervision and training across all six schools.  The CEO meets reguarly with the Safeguarding Officer to discuss the effectiveness of the arrangements.  The Safeguarding Officer summarises their findings to the Trustees to ensure compliance and the impact of the use of resources is reported in a timely manner.  This will also allow for more efficient use of training time available to the Trust.  Additionally, all Ironstone Academy Trust schools have a Safeguarding Action Plan.  Progress through each Action Plan is monitored by the Head Teacher, Safeguarding Officer and CEO.

Each Academy has an annually reviewed Child Protection Policy available on their website.

Trustees ensure that each Local Governing Body reflects all expectations in Keeping Children Safe in Education (current year) in their operation of their Academy.

The Trust has appointed Karen Deen as a Trustee with special responsibility for monitoring Safeguarding.

Attendance

The Trustees have appointed an Attendance Officer who works across all six schools within the Trust.  As part of her role she offers supervision, training and undertakes monitoring visits to each of the academies.

Early Intervention and Pupil Support

The work of each academy is supported by professional counselling services.  Each Academy has a regular risk assessment and monitoring system in place, which is used by their respective Leadership Team to guide further improvements.

Educational Visits; safety and monitoring

North Yorkshire Local Authority will undertake monitoring and supervision of Educational Visits.  The CEO has met with Adrian Clark to discuss these arrangements.  All staff receive appropriate training and each school has an Educational Visits Co-ordinator.

Health and Safety

Carl Faulkner, CEO liaises with the Local Authority Health and Safety Team.  Individual School Audits will take place with a consolidated report being shared with Trustees annually.  This will avoid duplication and ensure trustees are well informed.  A termly compliance matrix is completed by each school and shared with the CEO.

Privacy Policy

We regard your privacy as important and any personal information you give to us will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations.

We do not store personal information about individuals who visit this site except where they provide contact information via our contact us page and contact forms available on various pages throughout the website.

Any information you provide will only be used for the reasons specified and it will not be shared with any third party without your consent, unless required by law.

Your contact details are kept securely and are only accessed by authorised members of staff as part of the provision of school services. If you do not wish us to keep this contact information please tell us.

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This website contains links to other websites. The School is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites or organisations and recommends you consult the privacy information on those sites.

This policy will be reviewed and updated versions will be posted on the website.

If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, the Information Commissioner is the independent regulator for both Data Protection and Freedom of Information.