Keeping Children Safe
At Wellacre, our main priority is to ensure your children are healthy, happy and safe. This means more than just ensuring their physical safety, Wellacre also focuses on looking after their emotional and mental wellbeing.
We educate students on keeping themselves safe when they are outside of school, from road safety to online safety.
Wellacre's Safeguarding Team
If you have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a child, please do no hesitate to contact one of Wellacre's Safeguarding Team (click here for full details.)
Worried about the behaviour of an adult who works with children?
If your concern is about the behaviour of an adult who works with children in a paid or voluntary capacity, please contact the Principal in the first instance, the Chair of Governors and/or the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) for Trafford, Anita Hopkins via
Worried about the wellbeing of a child or young person outside school?
If you are worried about the safety or wellbeing of yourself or another child or young person under the age of 18 then please phone Trafford Children's First Response on 0161 912 5125 during the day, or the Emergency Duty Team on 0161 912 2020 if it's an emergency at night or weekend.
If you or a child or young person is in immediate danger, then call the police on 999.
You could also phone Childline on 0800 1111 or visit their website. This Childline YouTube videos show you what will happen if you phone them.
The NSPCC can also help on 0808 800 5000. This NSPCC YouTube videos show what happens when you call the NSPCC.
Bullying and Cyberbullying
Bullying behaviour is often deliberately hurtful, repeated over a period of time and is difficult for victims to defend themselves against. It is the wilful, conscious desire to hurt, threaten or frighten someone else. Any behaviour which is intended to hurt others and is SPECIFIC and REPEATED is bullying.
Bullying at Wellacre is very rare and we deal with any reports of bullying quickly and effectively.
If your son has a problem in school with bullying or cyberbullying, please contact their Achievement Tutor or their Head of House.
For more information on how Wellacre keeps your child safe, and how we can support you, please access the following material:
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Part 1 and Annex B.pdf
Keeping Children Safe Against Radicalism and Extremism
A Parent's Guide to Anti-Bullying
https://www.educateagainsthate.com/category/parents/safeguarding-advice-and-support/
To learn more about E-Safety at Wellacre:
Please click here: E-Safety
