Reporting a concern
This link immediately notify the Safeguarding Team at the Academy during school hours. You may not be contacted about your concern due to confidentiality.
Report any concerns with as much detail as possible, including date, time, location and any persons involved.
If you believe a person is at immediate serious risk you must contact the Police by dialling 999.
Wolverhampton Children’s Services 01902 555932
Safeguarding is everyone’s Responsibility
“Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as: protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.“ KCSIE 2020
St Edmund’s Catholic Academy is committed to the highest standards in protecting and safeguarding the young people entrusted into our care at all times.
The health, well-being and safety of all students who attend the academy is our paramount concern. Young people have the right to feel safe and protected, regardless of age, religion, gender, sexuality, race, culture or disability. As a Catholic academy, we believe that all our learners are equal in the sight of God and this understanding informs all that we do to safeguard and protect them.
The internet is a vast resource, with great benefits to teaching and learning. In order to ensure our learners and staff are only presented with content that is relevant and suitable to them we provide strict internet filtering and monitoring. Internet activity is actively monitored and new sites are categorised to ensure the highest level of safety. To further enhance and understand the context in which learners are using the internet a tool called Securus is also used to monitor students overall computer usage.
St Edmund’s Catholic Academy follows the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education (Sept 2020)’ guidelines and should be read in conjunction with ‘Working together to Safeguard Children (Feb 2018)’.
All staff within the academy support and safeguard our young people in line with our ‘Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy’.
To contact the safeguarding team, please contact the Academy on 01902 558888.

Miss J Buckle
Designated Safeguarding Lead

K Williams
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – Attendance and EWO

Miss A Dell
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Senior AHOY

Ms S Roderick
Additional Educational Needs Coordinator (AENCo)

Mrs M Gallagher
Safeguarding Link Governor

Miss A Mascord
Social Worker in school (SWIS)
- Barndardo’s
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- PREVENT – Extremism/Radicalisation
- Wolverhampton Substance Misuse Service
- E Safety
- Wolverhampton Children’s Services
- Honour Based Abuse and Forced Marriage
- Gangs
- Child Sexual Exploitation
- Childline
- Online Counselor
- Extremism
- Secual Abuse
- Wolverhampton Social Services
- FGM
- Violence against Women and Girls
- Mobile App – FGM/Honour Based Violence/Forced Marriage
- Stop hate crime against young people
- Missing People
- Black Country Women’s Aid
- Young People Support
- Young Minds
- For Better Mental Health
- Bereavement
- Support and Guidance Directory for Mental Wellbeing in Young People
- Child and adolescent mental health services information for parents and carers
- Digital Parenting Magazine
- Wolverhampton Information Network
- At school and looking for part-time work
- Information on children who work
- Private Fostering – what you need to know
- Fornite: Parent Factsheet
- Family Mediation Service
- Family Mediation Council
- Child Sexual Exploitation
- Help your child beat exam stress
- Supporting your child during exam time
- Victim Support Keeping yourself safe
- Love Your Phone
- 15 apps all parents should know about
- Modern Slavery – Helpline 0800 0121 700
- Online Counselor
- Childline
- At school and looking for part-time work
- Victim Support Keeping yourself safe
- Love Your Phone
- Exam Self Care
- Exam Stress and Pressure
- Silent Solutions
- Darker Nights Safety Advice
- Snapchat – A Parents’ Guide
- Instagram Safety Tips
- Twitter Safety Tips
- 15 apps all parents should know about
- Facebook Safety Tips
- NSPCC NetAware
- NCA-CEOP – Selfies
- NSPCC – Sexting
- Childnet – Sexting
- Safer Internet – Social Media Checklist
- Fornite: Parent Factsheet
- Momo Game Warning
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection – REPORT ABUSE
- Understand Internet Threats
- Wake Up Wednesday