The governors and staff of COLAHH fully recognise the responsibilities and duty placed upon us to have arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of all students at the academy.
We recognise that all staff and volunteers have an active part to play in protecting students from harm. We believe that our academy should provide a caring, positive, safe and stimulating environment in which students can learn and thrive socially, physically and emotionally.
We recognise our responsibility and duty to report child protection concerns to Childrens’ Social Care.
The academy will raise child protection concerns with parents/carers at the earliest appropriate opportunity and will work in partnership with them and with agencies to improve outcomes for the students we serve.
The academy will ensure that all staff are provided with the appropriate training in child protection matters.
We are excited to announce the recent launch of #AskTheAwkward, our brand new resource for parents and carers of secondary-aged children.
#AskTheAwkward aims to help parents and carers have regular conversations with their children about online relationships and more. The resource includes three short films created in a social experiment style, with real parents and their children to capture their reactions to a range of questions.
What else is included in #AskTheAwkward? A parent and carers introduction to #AskingTheAwkward: Young people want their parents and carers to have everyday conversations with them about relationships. We’ve produced this introduction for parents and carers on how to start having those awkward conversations with confidence.
A set of nine help sheets: Our help sheets give essential information on nine key topics, to help parents and carers understand more about the themes raised in the films. They also provide links to further information and conversation starters on each topic.