The Diocese of Hereford Multi-Academy Trust believes that a child or young person should never experience abuse of any kind.  Across the Trust, at all levels, each adult has a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe.  Our organisational culture and practice at each level of the organisation is reflective of this duty.

 

Please familiarise yourself with our Trust Central Safeguarding Policy and our Local Academy Safeguarding template, which is adapted to be reflective of arrangements in each academy and locality.  These policies set out our response to statutory guidance: Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.

 

Below you will find our 'Central Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy'.

 

If you are a Trust school, then head over to the Trust's Safeguarding TEAMS channel where you will find the 'Local Academy Safeguarding Policy' template with clear links to the Central policy.

 

Ben Straker, Director of Safeguarding and Inclusion