Safeguarding
The safety and welfare of our girls is of paramount importance at HAB. All staff members receive extensive training in this and the girls’ curriculum covers a variety of safety and wellbeing topics.
The Academy will work hard to reduce all the kinds of harm that children can suffer, including abuse, bullying, discrimination and avoidable injuries. If you have any concerns at all about the safety or welfare of a child please do not hesitate to contact us.
Key people
| Principal | Gizlé Landman | principal@harrisbermondsey.org.uk |
| Designated Safeguarding Lead | Liz Magee | |
| Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead & SENCO | Leeanne Manzi | |
| Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead | Debby Berry | |
| Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead | Karen Long | Karen.Long@harrisbermondsey.org.uk |
| Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead | Gizlé Landman | principal@harrisbermondsey.org.uk |
| Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead | Tania Maquieira | Tania.Maquieira@harrisbermondsey.org.uk |
| Safeguarding Governor | Christian Kramer | |
| Prevent Lead | Liz Magee |
If you have a query about any part of your daughter’s education at HAB, please don’t hesitate to contact her Year Leader in the first instance:
Year 7
- Head of Year 7-Rio Callan
R.Callan@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
Year 8
- Head of Year 8-Emma Donald
Emma.Donald@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
Year 9
- Head of Year 9-Keishana Kelly
Keishana.Kelly@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
Year 10
- Head of Year 10-Fey Odenusi
Fey.Odenusi@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
Year 11
- Head of Year 11-Nikita Thompson
Nikita.Thompson@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
HAB6
- Head of HAB6-Tania Maquieira
Tania.Maquieira@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
If you wish to raise any concerns about a student, you should contact one of the above people or contact the Academy on 020 7237 9316 or email safeguarding@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
The Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) is: Eva Simcock, Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), Southwark Council.
In the event of an out of school hours emergency:
Worried about your safety, or that of someone else?
If you believe a child or vulnerable adult is in immediate danger, contact the police on 999.
Are you worried about a child?
If you have concerns about a specific child, please contact the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) on 020 7525 1921 (weekday 9-5) or 020 7525 5000 (out of hours). You can also email them on MASH@southwark.gov.uk. The referral form for the MASH can be found here.
If you feel that you, or any of your family or friends are in danger or at risk of harm, then please call 999 or you can visit your nearest police station. The addresses for the local area are:
Southwark Police Station 323 Borough High Street, Southwark, London · 0300 123 1212 Closed · Opens 10 am
Metropolitan Police - Walworth Police Station 12-28 Manor Place, Walworth · 0800 555111 Open 24 hours
Peckham Police Station 177 Peckham High Street, Southwark, London · 0300 123 1212 Open · Closes 10 pm
If you would like to know more information generally regarding the safeguarding of young people in schools, you may find the following information useful.
Download our Care Card
Click HERE to download our Care Card, with organisations to contact if you need support when not at HAB.
Students and parents/carers can also visit the following websites to access support:
Staying safe online
Visit our Staying Safe Online page for lots of information about how we inform and educate our students and how parents can help too. There are useful videos to watch and links to other websites and sources of helpful information too.Students and parents/carers can also visit the following websites to access support:
What is a Money Mule?
Being a 'money mule' is when you allow other people access to your bank account, and it can land you in prison.
- You may be contacted as part of a job scam or through social media and asked to transfer money, allow access or open up a new bank account.
- The money may have been stolen or have come from illegal activities and you are being used to hide it.
- This could result in a conviction and up to 14 years in prison affecting job prospects, travel restrictions and access to money.
"How do I avoid it?"
Do not allow anyone access to your bank account, it is for your use only. Decline any requests for money transfers unless you can be sure of the reason and where the money is from. Report any suspicious requests to Action Fraud online at www.actionfraud.police.uk or telephone 0300 123 2040.
ParentInfo
ParentInfo is a regularly updated feed of expert information, advice and sources of support for parents on a whole range of parenting themes - the emphasis being on helping parents and carers develop their children's resilience to the risks and pressures they face in today's world. View the ParentInfo page at http://parentinfo.org/ or read their latest articles on relevant topics at http://parentinfo.org/articles/all
If you have a concern...
If the child is not a student at this Academy
If you have a concern about a child who is not at this Academy, you have a responsibility to that child to tell someone.
- If you believe a child to be in imminent danger, you can call the Police on 101 or 999.
- Alternatively, call the school and ask to speak to Mrs Magee, the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the Academy liz.magee@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
- You can call MASH 020 7525 1921 – Southwark Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub. MASH is the coordinating body for the main local services for child protection.
- If your concern is about online child sexual exploitation you can call CEOP. Search for CEOP online.
- You can also call the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 - https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/report/
For parents - useful links
Southwark Early Help
Early Help services work with children, young people and their families up to the age of 19, or 25 where the child or young person has a disability. The aim is for families who need additional support to get help as early as possible, so they can tackle their problems and improve their lives.
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/childcare-and-parenting/children-s-social-care/family-early-help-feh
Further guidance and information - Government guidance (www.gov.uk)
These links offer guidance on a range of issues including:
- child missing from home or care
- child sexual exploitation (CSE)
- bullying including cyber bullying
- domestic violence
- drugs
- female genital mutilation (FGM)
- forced marriage
- gangs and youth violence
- gender-based violence/violence against women and girls (VAWG)
- mental health
- preventing radicalisation
- sexting
- teenage relationship abuse
- trafficking
Online safety
The Thinkuknow website is created by the police for parents of children at secondary school. It contains useful information about:
- what children are doing online
- how to talk to children about what they are doing online
- what risks your child might face
- what tools are there to help them stay safe.
They have also produced a Parent’s Guide to E-Safety and also the following booklets to provide parents/carers with helpful information on how to explore and monitor their children’s apps.
All adults in the UK can self-refer to the NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression programme (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, IAPT) was developed to improve the delivery of, and access to, evidence-based, NICE recommended, psychological therapies for depression and anxiety disorders within the NHS.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/adults/nhs-talking-therapies/
Protect children from extremism and radicalisation. Educate Against Hate
What is this website about?
The purpose of this website is to provide practical advice, support and resources to protect children from extremism and radicalisation.
