Safeguarding/Child Protection

Dear Parent / Carer

We would like to advise you that should a child make any disclosure to our trained staff, we would always seek to investigate and resolve this at the lowest possible level, but that advice may need to be sought from the London Borough of Hillingdon Social Services Department. We hope that this would only be necessary on very rare occasions. However, this would always be in the best interest of the child, under our duty of care and in line with our safeguarding guidelines. For more information please refer to our Child Protection/Safeguarding Policy on our Statutory Policies page.

We understand that many families are very anxious about the involvement of other agencies.  Please let me reassure you that all professionals and agencies want to help you and keep your family together successfully and safely. 

Also, please be assured that the school will always deal with any child protection issue as a matter of the utmost priority. We also hope that any parents or carers with child protection concerns would feel able to contact the school to seek advice from our designated child protection officers.

Mrs J Rigby - Head Teacher


Concerns About The Safety or Welfare of a Pupil 

If you have a concern about the safety or welfare of a pupil, please ask to speak to a member of Meadow staff who deals with Safeguarding (below).  Safeguarding is sometimes called Child Protection. All staff at Meadow receive Safeguarding / Child Protection Training. 

Concerns about the welfare of a child out of school hours?

Visit our Out of Hours Child Safeguarding Contact page for information.


Safeguarding Leads List

From September 2024 the Safeguarding Team will be:

Mrs K Walsh
Welfare Lead
Designated
Safeguarding Lead
Encompass
Mrs J Rigby
Headteacher
Deputy Designated
Safeguarding Lead
Staff Conduct / LADO
Miss M Taylor
Deputy Headteacher
(Royal Lane)
Deputy Designated
Safeguarding Lead
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion 
Mental Health
Ms A Willis
Deputy Headteacher
(Northwood Road)
Deputy Designated
Safeguarding Lead
Domestic Abuse
Mrs A Fabisch
Assistant Headteacher 
 Sixth Form
(Royal Lane)
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Radicalisation / Prevent
Miss N Sohun
Assistant Headteacher
Year 9. 10 & 11
(Royal Lane)
Deputy Designated
Safeguarding Lead
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
Contextual Safeguarding
Mr M Rainsbury
Assistant Headteacher
Year 7 & 8
(Royal Lane)
Deputy Designated
Safeguarding Lead
Online Safety
Miss F Bonnar
Assistant Headteacher
(Northwood Road)
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Mrs H O'Neill
Assistant Headteacher
Pastoral & Inclusion
(Northwood Road)
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Children With Disabilities
(CWDT)
Mrs A Mistry
Assistant Headteacher
Lead Practitioner for Workforce Development
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Safeguarding Training
Mrs G Sapiano
Clinical Lead
Deputy Designated
Safeguarding Lead
Therapy Liaison

The Named Governor for Safeguarding is Mr J Goodbody.


If you are concerned about a child's welfare you can also make a referral to Hillingdon MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) by telephone, email or speaking to someone in person. Telephone: (01895) 556006


Families wishing to make a referral can contact the Stronger Families Hub by calling 01895 556 006 or e-mailing: strongerfamilieshub@hillingdon.gov.uk