Pendle Vale College is committed to the health, safety, welfare, and safeguarding of our students.
All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, online searches are carried out as part of our due diligence on potential colleagues.
Pendle Vale operates a ‘Core’ safeguarding team, composed of:
- Ms. S. Williams, Deputy Headteacher, Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Ms. J. Sutcliffe, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs. R. Batool, Safeguarding officer
- Mr. M. Zaman, SENCo
- Mrs. J. Poskitt, Attendance Officer
- Mr. O. Handley, Headteacher
Pendle Vale’s safeguarding and child protection policies can be found via the polices section of our website, available here.
All colleagues complete annual training that meets and exceeds government expectations. Colleagues receive face-to-face input annually regarding updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education, including how this applies to contextual safeguarding in our community, as well as copies of Section A and Appendix 1 of this document. Colleagues also benefit from weekly updates shared via internal communications.
Pendle Vale is a CPOMs school and all colleagues are trained in how to log a cause for concern as well as how to deal with an urgent concern regarding a young persons wellbeing.
E-Safety Information
E-Safety is a key area that families can support with regarding the safeguarding of their young person.
All students are taught how to keep themselves safe on the internet, this includes thinking about the information they put on line, how to keep their social networking profiles private and where to go if they have concerns.
All students and their parents / carers sign an acceptable use policy contained in the Online Safety Policy for using computers within college.
Access to the internet is filtered and monitored so that unsafe and unsuitable material is blocked and inappropriate use can be challenged.
The following links may support you in keeping your child safe:
