Safeguarding Information for Students

 

Safeguarding issues can affect anyone. If you are worried for yourself, or another student you should contact a member of the school safeguarding team:

• Our safeguarding team is led by Mr Kevin Mullen, who is our Designated Safeguarding Lead.

The other members of the team are:

• Mrs Carolina Di Pierro - Deputy Designated Lead, Lead Welfare Practitioner
• Mr Vidusun Edirimanasinghe - Year 8 safeguarding lead
• Mr Rashaan Fenton-West - Year 9 safeguarding lead
• Mr Daniel Makins - Year 10 safeguarding lead
• Mrs Nadine Campbell-Simms - Year 11 safeguarding lead
• Mr Francis Opoku-Mensah - Year 12 safeguarding lead
• Mr Anthony Panteli - Year 13 safeguarding lead 
• Mr Kevin Mullen - Designated teacher of looked after children
• Mrs Sandra Henderson - Pastoral support
• Mr Michael Opoku - Pastoral support
• Ms Kendra Ngeru - Pastoral support
• Mrs Sylvia Brennan-Smith - Assistant Headteacher for Pastoral Care, Behaviour & Attitudes

If you wish to report something anonymously, this can be done using the SHARP system:

https://st-ignatius.thesharpsystem.com/

If you observe any of the signs below in a fellow student they may indicate that there is a safeguarding issue:

• displaying disruptive or anti-social behaviour
• being bullied or bullying others
• having poor attendance at school
• being involved in, or at risk of, offending
• having poor general health
• having anxiety, depression or other mental health issues
• misusing drugs or alcohol
• having a particularly challenging relationship with parents or appearing to be unusually independent from their parents
• experiencing difficulties at home, such as domestic abuse, parental substance abuse or parental mental health problems

Please inform a member of the safeguarding team if you witness any of these. You will always be:

• listened to,
• Taken seriously,
• Spoken to in a sensitive and understanding manner, free from judgement.