At Sands School we are committed to providing safe and secure environment for our students, their families, staff and visitors. Our dedicated Safeguarding Team are skilled, compassionate and experienced at supporting children and young people’s welfare. The small scale of the school enables us to build strong trusting and open relationships with students which supports them to come forward with their concerns.
The Safeguarding Team at Sands School
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Nathan Gribble
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads: Bridget Dare, Jane Gibbs and Kimberley Winterbourne
If you are worried about a child’s safety or welfare you can share your concerns with a member of our safeguarding team. If you can, you should make a factual record of your concern which includes the day, date and time, any other witnesses and the details of the concern.
Contact the safeguarding team
By email at: safeguarding@sands-school.co.uk
Phone during school hours: 01364 653 666 – ask to speak to the DSL
If you are unable to make contact with the school’s safeguarding team for any reason, you should contact another agency to report your concern.
If a child’s safety is in danger always call 999.
Other Safeguarding Agencies
If you are worried about a child or young person in Devon and want to speak to someone, or if you are a child or young person worried about your own safety please contact the Children’s ‘Front Door’ (formerly known as MASH) on 0345 155 1071 or email mashsecure@devon.gov.uk and give as much information as you can.
Alternative contacts for other areas:
Torbay
01803 208100
mash@torbay.gov.uk
Out of Hours service: 0300 4564 876
Plymouth
01752 668000
MASH@plymouth.gov.uk
Out of Hours Service: 01752 346984
Other safeguarding contacts
Anti-Terrorist Hotline: 0800 789 321
Crime stoppers: 0800 555 111
Police: 101
Safeguarding services for young people
Childline: 0800 1111
NSPCC: 0808 800 5000
Child Exploitation and Online Protections (CEOP): www.ceop.police.uk
Our policies
You can find links to all our school policies on our policies page. Here are our school policies relating to Safeguarding and Child Protection.
Safeguarding and child protection policy
Child-on-Child Abuse Policy
Online Safety Policy
For more information about how we support safeguarding at Sands and on what parents can do to tackle specific safeguarding issues please see our advice for parents.