The Heritage Coast Federation

Safeguarding

All stakeholders at The Heritage Coast Federation are firmly committed to safeguarding our school children and families. All Staff engage in regular safeguarding training in order to ensure our children and families are well supported and protected from harm.

Our approach to safeguarding is underpinned by our commitment as a Church school to ensure that we “work together to be happy; to flourish, succeed and let our light shine through our Christian Values of hope, respect, community and trust”.

Helen Thompson

Executive Headteacher

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Katrina Dixon

Assistant Headteacher

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Alison Dykes

Assistant Headteacher

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Gareth Phillips & Alicia Hogarth

Safeguarding Governors

We work closely with families and other agencies to ensure the safeguarding of children including MAST at North Yorkshire County who can be contacted on 01609 780780 and the LADO on 01609 533080.

Underpinning our work is a collection of safeguarding policies and procedures. These policies form part of our statutory duties to safeguard all children. They have been updated to reflect the latest national guidance for safeguarding, as detailed in "Keeping Children Safe in Education" (2025).

Please click the links below to view our policies and procedures.

Please note, some of these policies may also be displayed on our school 'Policies' page.

Policies

	Behaviour Policy	[pdf 2MB]
	Anti Bullying Policy	[pdf 5MB]
	Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy	[pdf 1MB]

National Documentation

	Working Together to Safeguard Children Inter-Agency Guidance	[pdf 1MB]
	Keeping children safe in education from 1 September 2025	[pdf 1MB]

Childline is there to give young people a voice when no one else is listening. Whatever problems or dangers they're facing, it is a place for them to turn to for support – any time of day or night. Childline is a free, private and confidential service where children and you people can talk about anything.

This website has lots of information, advice and resources which can be used to help children stay safe online.

The online world is forever changing and in order to keep our children safe, we as adults must ensure that our knowledge and skills are current. We are an accredited National Online safety School and school will share resources to support parents keeping their children safe online. Parents can access training materials – please contact the school office for log in details.

CEOP works with child protection partners across the UK and oversees to identify the main threats to children and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account, protecting children from harm online and offline.

Information and support for the safe use of the internet

The education programme from CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection), a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline. The site has information for parents and carers and games for children of different ages to help them to learn about online safety.

Use the search box at the top to search for a game or app. There will be a Common Sense Media review which includes the information you need to help you make decisions about the suitability of the game for your child. It also has useful parent and child reviews for each game.

Useful Websites

NSPCC Pants
Talk PANTS helps children understand that their body belongs to them, and they should tell someone they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried. A really useful website to help you start the conversation with your child.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/

North Yorkshire Safeguarding Site
The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP) provides advice and guidance to parents and carers on a variety of subjects, including bereavement, online safety and what to do if you are worried about a child.
https://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/parents-carers/

Childnet International
Childnet parents and carers page – information, advice and resources for parents and carers on a wide range of topics affecting children and young people online. They also have excellent resources about how to have a conversation about the online world with your child, how to set up parental controls, create a family agreement and what to do if you are worried about a child.
https://www.childnet.com/

NSPCC Net Aware
Information and guides for parents and carers about the social media platforms, apps and games that young people use. You can also sign up to the Online Safety Newsletter to help you stay up to date with the latest trends, or download the free Net Aware app.

NSPCC Share Aware
A series of 3 animations ‘I saw your willy’, ‘Lucy and the boy’, and ‘Mia’s story’, designed to prompt conversations between adults and children to keep them safe from online abuse. We use these videos in school but they are also ideal to share at home. The section also includes tips on how to start these kinds of conversations.

Internet Matters
A range of guides, videos and toolkits to help you to keep your child safe online. These include information about key issues that may be affecting children and young people on the internet, and what to do if you’re worried about anything you or your child has seen online.