Safeguarding

At Pickhurst Academy, safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do. We are fully committed to creating and maintaining a safe, caring and supportive environment where every child can learn, thrive and feel secure.

This page provides key information for our school community, including parents, carers, pupils, and staff to help inform, educate, and promote awareness of safeguarding practices.

Every member of our school community has a shared responsibility to uphold the highest standards of safeguarding. Whether you are a member of staff, a parent, a volunteer, or a visitor, we all play a vital role in keeping our pupils safe and ensuring their wellbeing remains our top priority.

Meet our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) and  Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL) 

If you have any concerns relating to the safety or wellbeing of a child, please report them by contacting our safeguarding team at safeguarding@pickhurst.cetrust.com

Please click on the links below:

• Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy 2025
• Keeping Children Safe In Education (KCSIE)
• Child Friendly Safeguarding Policy / Safeguarding Guiding Principles
• Safeguarding Across the Curriculum
• One-to-one Collection Form
• Attendance and First Day Calling Policy

National Online Safety Accreditation Certificate

Please click on the image below to view our Online Safety Guide.

Click the link to view the Data Security and E-Safety Policy

Today’s children are growing up in a very different environment to the one we did. With easy access to websites and social media, our children can find themselves subject to pressures that we struggle to understand as they communicate in ways many of us are less familiar with.

It’s important to learn about potential dangers your child might face, as well as steps you can take to protect and educate your children with relation to the internet.  And just as important – where you can turn to get help if you have a concern.

The Bromley Safeguarding Children Board have lots of information for  parents and carers on helping children and young people to stay safe online: Useful Internet Safety Information

Pickhurst Academy offers all parent/carers the opportunity to attend a presentation on e-safety. Please take a look at the slides from a presentation earlier this year.  Parents/carers at Pickhurst Academy will be notified of the date of when the next e-safety presentation will be held.

• Parent AI Workshop May 2025
• Family Agreement
• Let’s Talk About Life Online
• Resource Sheet for Parents and Carers
• Internet Matters Guide – Online Safety
• Internet Matters Tips – Social Media Kids Profile
• Internet Matters Tips – Setup Safe Checklist
• Internet Matters Tips – What to do if your Child is Being Cyber-Bullied
• Internet Matters Guide – Balancing Screen Time – 7-11 years – KS2
• Internet Matters Online Safety Age Guide 6-10 years

Useful websites:

CEOP’s thinkuknow
Childnet
Internet Matters
UK Safer Internet
Taming Gaming
Common Sense Media
Ask About Games

Reporting online incidents

Report Harmful Content
CEOP Police
Internet Watch Foundation

Here at Pickhurst Academy, we challenge opinions or behaviours that are contrary to British Values. We endeavour to enable children to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem, and self-confidence. We enable children to distinguish right from wrong and to respect the law. We encourage children to accept responsibility for their behaviour.

We also recognise that children have a say and a right to develop, alongside staff, their engagement in wider society and as such offer opportunities for them to meet with those role models needed in the wider world. This enables them to understand actions and consequences, develop entrepreneurial skills, engage via application and interview, in roles in our school that reflect society. We aim to create a space where children can feel safe, free from discrimination where their opinions and views are valued and respected.

Democracy is key and children are taught to respect opinions of others and to be able to share differences.

Children are encouraged to share views, listen to others, and value opinions.

Examples of our activities include:

• Visitors from all services
• Police talks
• External workshops and visitors
• Theme days and weeks
• School council
• Pupil Leaders
• Ambassadors
• Engaging curriculum content promoting PHSE, SMSC and the wider world

• SCARF, British Values and Prevent
• Prevent – Information for Parents
• Examples of our practice in promoting SMSC and British Values
• HM Government Online E-Learning Training on Prevent

Please click on the images below to read our Safeguarding Leaflet, Health & Safety Leaflet, and Prevent Leaflet. All visitors are expected to read these leaflets before entering the Academy.