Our school is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment where children feel secure, are encouraged to talk, are listened to and are safe. We recognise that staff at our school play a particularly important role as they are in a position to identify concerns early and provide help for children to prevent concerns from escalating. All staff are advised to maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned. When concerned about the welfare of a child, staff members will always act in the best interests of the child. We also recognise the importance of working closely with the parents and carers of our young people to ensure we have awareness and are meeting the needs of our students.

If you wish to understand how we do this in greater detail please can I refer you to our safeguarding policy which you can find on our School Policies page.

It is vitally important that our students are safe at Callerton Academy. If you have any concerns please contact a member of our safeguarding team on 0191 605 3835 or via email admin@callertonacademy.org.uk.

Our Safeguarding Team:

• Miss Davidson - Senior Lead for Safeguarding, Behaviour and Attendance (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mr Brady – Lead Teacher for Key Stage 3 (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Miss Robson – Year 11 Pastoral Mentor (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Miss Fowler – Attendance Welfare Officer (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mr Bowes – Link Academy Advisor (Safeguarding Link)
• Mrs Innes- Principal (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mrs Gee - Attendance Welfare Officer (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mrs Jacques - Year 7 Pastoral Mentor (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mr McCall- Year 10 Pastoral Mentor (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mr Ainley - Pastoral Manager (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Miss Swain - Vice Principal (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)