Supporting Students
Support for our Weydon students can be accessed via the safeguarding pages of the Student Learning Platform, which includes a safeguarding email address dedicated to student use and a variety of helpful resources and links. Log into your school google account and then use the following link:
Codes to join our wellbeing google classrooms are also available there or using the following link:
From the Wellbeing classrooms, students can reach out to their preferred staff member confidentially. All staff at our school take the safeguarding of children very seriously and all staff have been trained in safeguarding and child protection. If you need to talk, we are listening.
Childline
You can contact Childline about anything. Whatever your worry, it's better out than in. They are here to support you.
There are lots of different ways to speak to a Childline counsellor or get support from other young people.
LGBTQ+ Support
Support for LGBTQ+ individuals includes resources, services, and communities that promote inclusion, well-being, and equality. This can range from mental health support to social groups and initiatives, helping individuals feel safe, valued, and empowered in their identities.
stem4
stem4 is a charity that promotes positive mental health in teenagers and those who support them including their families and carers, education professionals, as well as school nurses and GPs through the provision of mental health education, resilience strategies and early intervention.
This is primarily provided digitally through our innovative education programme, pioneering mental health apps, clinically-informed website and mental health conferences that contribute to helping young people and those around them flourish.
NSPCC
The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) helps protect children from abuse and neglect by providing support, advice, and intervention services. They run helplines for both children and adults concerned about a child's welfare and offer therapeutic services for those affected by abuse. The NSPCC also works to raise awareness, campaign for child protection policies, and educate parents, schools, and professionals on safeguarding children.
Fearless
What is Fearless? Fearless is a site where you can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality. What makes this site different is we also provide you with a safe place to give information to us about crime - 100% anonymously.
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless or call 0800 555 111
Definition of child-on-child abuse
Inappropriate behaviours between children that are abusive in nature including physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, exploitation, sexual harassment, all forms of bullying, coercive control, hazing/initiation rituals between children and young people, both on and offline (including that which is within intimate personal relationships).
Adapted from Keeping Children Safe in Education
If you need to talk to a trusted adult please get in touch with safeguarding in person or by e-mail at listening@weydonschool.surrey.sch.uk
