Parents - please click below for The Waiting Room:
an EXCELLENT resource for Social, Emotional Health and Wellbeing
for Children and Families
Safeguarding at Washwood Heath Academy
Washwood Heath Academy is committed to the highest standards in protecting and safeguarding the children entrusted to our care. Please make yourselves familiar with the safeguarding team (below).
If you have a concern that a child is being harmed, is at risk of harm, or you receive a disclosure (intentionally or unintentionally), you must contact one of the following staff members as quickly as possible.
Please find our Safeguarding Policy here.
Current issues affecting our community - please read:
Really useful for parents:
- Click here for SUPPORT on CHILD ONLINE SAFETY
- Great link for Police and Schools support
- Click below for a link to THE WAITING ROOM – Birmingham and Solihull’s excellent forum for support services:
Current national safeguarding issues
Please click on these IMPORTANT posters about the a variety of issues that are currently affecting many of our young people in the country:
School Nurse Drop-ins
Washwood Heath Multi-Academy Trust
- For WHMAT safeguarding related polices please click here.
Washwood Heath Academy – Day to Day Practice Click the links below to see our ‘Safeguarding Times’ editions – they contain really useful information on a variety of topics.
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 1: Child Protection at WHA – Do’s and Don’ts
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 2: What is Early Help?
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 3: Private Fostering
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 4 : CSE
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 5 : Run Hide Tell
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 6: Our Year Review
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 7: Safeguarding Training
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 8: Modern Day Slavery
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 9: ACEs Adverse Child Experiences
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 10 Female Genital Mutolation (FGM)
- The Safeguarding Times – Edition 11: Anti Social Behaviour
- The Safeguarding Times – Student Edition Staying Safe
National and Local Initiatives
- NSPCC Underwear Rule – keeping deaf children safe from abuse
- NSPCC – How should you talk to your children about terrorism?
- Street Cruising Banned in Birmingham
- Free Guide: Safeguarding children from sexting
- parents urged to check prom limo hire is safe and legal
- Advisory letter from WMP on ‘County Lines’
- Police Advisory Letter for Parents
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