The Morley Academy safeguards students by:

• Maintaining a secure site and ensuring that all visitors to the Academy are recorded and monitored.

• Ensuring that safer recruitment practices are followed to prevent those who pose a risk to children gaining access to our students.

• Ensuring that all students understand the importance of e-safety both at the Academy and at home.

• Filtering and monitoring all internet traffic into the Academy to ensure that students cannot be exposed to harmful material and communication.

• Ensuring that all staff employed by the Academy have received Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance which is recorded in the Single Central Record.

• Providing regular training and briefings for all staff in child protection and ensuring that all staff and visitors know who our designated child protection officers and designated senior lead are.

• Ensuring that admission and attendance procedures are robust to protect students, ensure that they are safe and prevent students from going missing from education.

• Empowering young people to identify risks both within the Academy and in their community; ensuring that they have the skills and confidence to protect themselves and others.

• Making sure that all students understand the importance of disclosing concerns about themselves and peers, and giving them the confidence to discuss sensitive issues.

• Providing pastoral and inclusion support to ensure that all students have access to guidance and advice, and when needed referrals for additional agency support to meet their needs.

• Sharing information with other agencies and services to ensure that students, children and their families have support to meet their needs and prevent children and students from harm.

• Taking immediate action and contacting the appropriate agencies when we believe that a student or child is in danger or is at risk of harm.