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11/07/24

Watch this advert featuring https://t.co/1vcMFWpI1m

10/07/24

What a fantastic music event this evening to celebrate their 10th Anniversary! Performance bringing the whole academy and community together 🥳! pic.twitter.com/6OU4L8quNh

10/07/24

Lots of fantastic student work in our art exhibition at tonight’s celebration. pic.twitter.com/TLw0epSpOU

10/07/24

Tonight we are celebrating 10 Years of Harris Academy Chobham with current and past students and staff along with our local community. pic.twitter.com/Zuuk55hlPV

10/07/24

Wonderful to attend ’s 10 year anniversary celebration at Ulysses Place with . So many incredible performances and art displays from the children and a great community that’s come out to celebrate the school.Thanks for the invitation! pic.twitter.com/cSZz6f2Ivp

07/06/24

This letter went out earlier today, not sure why you did not receive it, contact academy reception via email on Monday to check your details. Have a good weekend. pic.twitter.com/H5RaKXOUBZ

18/05/24

Great start to our annual Governor Conference, choir. pic.twitter.com/cy8D0hgYEX

18/05/24

String Ensemble welcome our Governors to the annual conference. “Strengthening Governance in Harris Academies”. pic.twitter.com/bf2y0JhDSs

10/05/24

At today's Year 13 leavers assembly our Executive Principal, Francesca Perry, said goodbye to Year 13. She shared some memories and pictures from when some of the students were in her Year 6 class at Chobham! pic.twitter.com/mKTNuQcjBU

10/05/24

This morning we held our traditional leavers breakfast and assembly for our Year 13 students before they start their examinations on Monday. Good Luck to all our students sitting public exams! pic.twitter.com/crkkEEnyzM

19/04/24

Great to have pop into the Community Organising training day and listen to some of the Ambassadors campaign ideas. Thank you for the questions! pic.twitter.com/SPaF9HBeHL

23/03/24

Ready for day 1!!! 🏔️🎿🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/y2lbWQRb8B

23/03/24

Ready for day 1!!! 🏔️🎿🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/y2lbWQRb8B

22/12/23

Thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Our Christmas Elves (the amazing year 10 prefects) packed 20 bags of gifts for the children staying there over Christmas and a little something for the staff too 🎁 🌲 pic.twitter.com/Vs94QEtVtZ

22/12/23

Thank you to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Our Christmas Elves (the amazing year 10 prefects) packed 20 bags of gifts for the children staying there over Christmas and a little something for the staff too 🎁 🌲 pic.twitter.com/Vs94QEtVtZ

02/10/23

10 days to go 💛Let's make this one bigger and brighter than ever before. pic.twitter.com/wYbbql7FCv

02/10/23

Talking about how we're feeling can make the world of difference. This we are partnering with to help . pic.twitter.com/qO6YDreE3z

01/10/23

10 days to go 💛Let's make this one bigger and brighter than ever before. pic.twitter.com/wYbbql7FCv

26/09/23

Talking about how we're feeling can make the world of difference. This we are partnering with to help . pic.twitter.com/qO6YDreE3z

31/07/23

Stormzy and HSBC fund 36 black Cambridge students https://t.co/YqbUjbdsUk

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Safeguarding

Safeguarding aims

The aims of safeguarding at the Academy are prevention, protection and support to ensure our students are safe from:

  • maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual abuse
  • accidental injury and death
  • factors that impair their mental and physical health or development
  • discrimination and bullying in the Academy and the community.
  • becoming victims of crime and or involved in anti-social behaviour and criminal activity.
  • becoming victims of exploitation

In doing so we will create a culture of vigilance so that any concerns are identified, recorded and managed swiftly so students achieve the best outcomes.

The definition for Safeguarding, as outlined in Working together to safeguard children (2023) is:

  • Providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge.
  • Protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online.
  • Preventing the 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.
  • Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

We will ensure our staff, other professionals, parents/carers and students work together to know about keeping children safe. They will understand the importance of following procedures and listening to each other, especially when there are concerns about safety.

The Academy will work hard to reduce the kinds of harm that children can suffer, including abuse, bullying, discrimination and avoidable injuries and death.  As part of this we will seek the views of children and the people who care for them, so that the Academy is a place where all our students are safe and feel valued.


The safeguarding team

All staff in the Academy are trained to receive disclosures sensitively and report them quickly to ensure that we can put the right support in place.   Our ethos is to always act in the best interests of the child.   Staff and students are supported by the Safeguarding Team:

  • The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Ms Rosalind Kramer
  • The Academy’s Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL) are:
  • Ms Anna Baniuk (Secondary phase)
  • Mr Yusuf Mirza (Secondary phase)
  • Mr Sean Bonnett-Johnson (Sixth Form)
  • Ms Elin Gardner (Primary phase)
  • Ms Chanel Springer (Primary phase)
  • The Prevent Lead for the Academy is Ms Rosalind Kramer

Out of hours

If you suspect a child or young person is at immediate risk of harm, call the Police on 999. To make a report to social care after 5pm during the week or at the weekend please call the Local Authority emergency out-of-hours line:

Newham Local Authority Children’s Social Services (MASH) Tel: 0203 373 4600 (Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00) / Out of Hours Tel: 0208 430 2000 / Email: mash@newham.gov.uk

NSPCC Tel: 0808 800 5000 / Email: help@nspcc.org.uk

Childline (18 or under) Tel: 0800 1111


Monitoring and review

We regularly review safeguarding concerns and procedures to ensure that our practices are robust and address the needs within the Academy. Our students tell us how we are doing through ‘Student Voice’ surveys and focus groups and we are audited by the Harris Federation and local authority partners.  Senior leaders within the Academy review support needed for our most vulnerable students through regular Triage meetings and our lead Governor with responsibility for safeguarding meets with the DSL termly to review trends, education, and support.


Reporting concerns

Students can report safeguarding concerns to any member of staff in the Academy.  They can email the Safeguarding Team on safeguarding@chobhamacademy.org.uk or report a worry or concern using the SHARP system at https://chobhamacademy.thesharpsystem.com/

Parents and members of the local community with a concern about a student can contact the Safeguarding Team via the Academy telephone number, by email on safeguarding@chobhamacademy.org.uk and through the SHARP system https://chobhamacademy.thesharpsystem.com/

If you have a safeguarding concern about a member of school staff, you should report this directly to Lisa Kattenhorn, Executive Principal l.kattenhorn@hfed.net

If you have a safeguarding concern about the Executive Principal, Vice Principals, Harris Federation staff or Governors you should report your concern directly to Rebecca Hickey, Director of Secondary Education at Harris Federation info@harrisfederation.org.uk, Tel: 0208 253 7777.

 

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Members of the public are also able to make direct referrals to Social Care.  Below are details of Children’s Services in our local area.

Newham residents

  • Newham MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) 0203 373 4600
  • Emergency duty team (out of hours) 020 8430 2000
  • Email mash@newham.gov.uk

Waltham Forest residents


Contextual safeguarding

‘Contextual safeguarding’ is an approach to understanding, and responding to, young people's experiences of significant harm beyond their families. It recognises that the different relationships that young people form in their neighbourhoods, schools and online can feature violence and abuse.

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Diagram: Contexts of Adolescent Safety & Vulnerability (Firmin 2013)

The local context        

At the Academy we place our approach to safeguarding within the context of the priorities and strategies of the London boroughs of Newham and Waltham Forest.  They identify the key safeguarding concerns affecting young people as being:                       

  • Domestic abuse
  • Neglect
  • Exploitation and gang violence
  • Serious youth violence

Sources: Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership's 2022-2023 annual report

Waltham Forest Safeguarding Children Board (WFSCB) annual report for 2022-2023

Our Academy

The main areas of concern affecting our students reflect the wider safeguarding concerns in the local community.  

Our key priorities, based on reported safeguarding incidents are:

  • supporting students with their mental health needs,
  • responding to issues within the home and family; including poverty, neglect and domestic violence.
  • supporting and educating the victims and perpetrators of child-on-child abuse; including online abuse.

Our curriculum and staff training provides varied opportunities for staff and students to recognise the signs and indicators of harm and abuse and how to stay safe.

We have a universal offer of information and resources available to every student as well as more targeted support and intervention to address specific needs or issues.

We work in partnership with statutory and voluntary agencies to support our students and their families at the earliest possible opportunity.   


Key resources for families 

The following organisations have information and guidance for children and parents, on a range of different areas of child safety and wellbeing.   


Early help and support for families 


Mental health support 


Online safety 


Relationships 


Bullying 


Gangs, drugs, and alcohol

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