Safeguarding
Ensuring the safety and well-being of students at Queensmead School is our top priority. We have clear policies and procedures in place to safeguard the young people in our care.
Safeguarding means that we aim to ensure the well-being of students both emotionally and physically, taking steps in order to ensure that young people are not at risk, either from themselves or from others.
We continue to monitor vulnerable students and maintain contact with the relevant services.
Students with concerns can do any of the following:
- Speak to a member of the safeguarding team - posters are displayed around school to ensure students know who they can speak to
- Speak to any teacher they feel comfortable speaking to
- Use the SOS form on the intranet
- Use the student disclosure form on the intranet
- Parents with concerns can email office@qmschool.org.uk
Safeguarding Team
Designated Safeguarding Lead – Miss Boyle (kboyle@qmschool.org.uk)
Deputy Safeguarding Lead – Ms Curley
Safeguarding Governor – Marina Andre
(Chair of Governors: mandre@qmschool.org.uk)
Staff with Level 3 safeguarding training:
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- Mr Sykes
- Mr Guthrie
- Miss Logeswaran
- Mrs Truman
- Ms Flanagan
- Miss Johnston
Useful Contacts
If you need to make a report regarding exploitation or online criminal activity, click here, to make a report to CEOP, which is part of the National Crime Agency (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command):
Other useful links:
| Childline | – free 24-hour helpline for children and young people in the UK |
0800 1111 |
| The Mix | Online guide to life for 16-25 year olds. Straight-talking emotional support is available 24 hours a day. Chat about any issue on our moderated discussion boards and live chat room. | themix.org.uk |
| NSPCC | Specialises in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children |
Helpline (adults): 0800 800 5000 Helpline (children and young people): 0800 1111 |
| Papyrus | Charity for the prevention of young suicide, offering confidential support and awareness training. |
Helpline: 0800 068 41 41 |
| Parenting and Family Support | Family Lives (formerly Parentline Plus) – Support to anyone parenting a child. |
Helpline: 0808 800 2222 |
| Kooth | Online counselling support | www.kooth.com |
| Links | Young persons counselling Hillingdon | 01895 277 222 |
| Samaritans | Emotional support for anyone feeling down, experiencing distress or struggling to cope |
24-hour helpline: 116 123 (freephone) |
| Youth Access | Information on youth counselling |
020 8772 9900 |
| Young Minds | National charity committed to improving the mental health of all babies, children and young people. Provides information for both parents and young people. |
020 7089 5050 (general enquiries) 0808 802 5544 (parents helpline, for any adult with concerns about the mental health of child or young person) Young Minds has a Crisis Messenger service which provides free, 24/7 crisis across the UK. Young people can access the text-message based service by texting YM to 85258. |
| StudentMinds |
Student Minds is the UK’s student mental health charity. We empower students with the knowledge, confidence and skills to look after their own mental health and support others through our national network of university groups. One conversation at a time, we will transform the state of student mental health. |
Studentminds.org.uk |
| Anxiety Alliance | Advice and support for sufferers of anxiety disorders, phobias, panic attacks and OCD. Support is available for friends and families of sufferers too. |
Helpline: 0845 296 7877 (10am – 4pm, Monday to Friday) |
Please click here to access a wide range of additional helplines.