Safeguarding
Safeguarding at Cranbourne means ensuring that all members of our community are happy, safe and can thrive. Our students are educated to be able to recognise unsafe situations and make informed decisions. They are signposted to many sources of support, both at school and in the local community.
We provide the following:
- A safeguarding curriculum
- Support from internal and external agencies
- Guidance, information and advice
- Health and Safety information
- Mental health support
- Working with Children’s Services to refer families we believe are in need of support
Students at Cranbourne are educated through the PSHE Education Curriculum which encompasses our legal obligation to deliver the Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum (also known as RSHE) and Citizenship Education Curriculum.
Each student learns about all types of relationships, their health and wellbeing, managing different risks and how to live well in the wider world. This includes education about democracy, the news and financial education (including gambling and fraud). This is delivered by subject specialists in a fortnightly lesson.
In addition, your child will benefit from content taught during PDL and assemblies.
We work very closely with many external agencies that support Children Services across Basingstoke. These include Early Help Hub, Early Intervention Support Team, Catch 22, YPI, YOT and Spotlight. In school, students have access to our intervention teams and the Lighthouse which supports students with their mental health and wellbeing.
At Cranbourne every single staff member is responsible for safeguarding. All staff are here to promote the welfare of our students and protect them from harm. If you have a concern or would like advice, please contact the school and ask to speak to a member of the DSL team.
The DSL team
- Lead DSL: Mrs Klara Reddy
- Deputy DSL: Mrs Kathy Gare
- Deputy DSL: Miss Sarah Conlon
- Deputy DSL: Mrs Christie Ryan
- Deputy DSL: Mrs Pam Corrigan
- Deputy DSL: Mrs Catherine Millett
“The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. There is a strong culture of safeguarding in the school. Thorough procedures are in place, supported by a comprehensive knowledge of pupils and their families. The pastoral team are resilient and determined in making sure all pupils get the right support at the right time. This includes securing assistance from external agencies when required. Pupils trust the adults in the school. They feel they can report any worries they have, knowing staff are very mindful of pupils’ well-being. Pupils value the advice they receive about how to keep themselves safe. This includes specific lessons and assemblies on online safety."
-OFSTED report, 2021
Hampshire and IOW CYP Crisis Line
Download Information Leaflet HERE
Peer on Peer Abuse
Peer-on-peer abuse is any form of physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse, and coercive control exercised between children, and within children’s relationships (both intimate and non-intimate), friendships, and wider peer associations.
Peer-on-peer abuse can take various forms, including (but not limited to): serious bullying (including cyberbullying), relationship abuse, domestic violence and abuse, child sexual exploitation, youth and serious youth violence, harmful sexual behaviour and/or prejudice-based violence including, but not limited to, gender-based violence.
Online peer-on-peer abuse is any form of peer-on-peer abuse with a digital element, for example, sexting, online abuse, coercion and exploitation, peer-on-peer grooming, threatening language delivered via online means, the distribution of sexualised content, and harassment.
In order to prevent and tackle peer-on-peer abuse, Cranbourne adopts a Contextual Safeguarding approach, which is an approach to understanding, and responding to, the risk of harm to which children can be exposed, and/or harm which they can experience, beyond their families. We recognise that the different relationships that children form in their neighbourhoods, schools, and online can feature violence, coercive control, and abuse.
Therefore we engage with individuals and agencies that do have influence over/within extra familial contexts, and recognise that assessment of, and intervention with, these extra-familial contexts is a critical part of safeguarding practices.
Contextual Safeguarding, therefore, expands the objectives of child protection systems in recognition that children are vulnerable to, and can experience, abuse in a range of social contexts.
If you believe a child that attends Cranbourne is at risk or you have a concern about them please contact the school and ask for the Designated Safeguard Lead.
Internet Safety
Please use the link below to download the parents’ guide to Internet safety:
Internet Security Advice and Information (PDF)
Other useful links: