Agenda item

Report of the Deputy Head.

Governors considered the Annual Safeguarding Report of the Deputy Head and the following points were made.

·         A Governor requested clarification over what the term ‘on the radar’ within the report meant in a safeguarding context. The Deputy Head noted that in practice this referred to all instances of safeguarding concerns being flagged with Heads of Year, and a culture of any member of staff being confident to raise safeguarding concerns.

·         In response to a question from a Governor, the Deputy Head noted that the School was more likely to raise safeguarding concerning with Surrey County Council’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) rather than vice-versa.

·         The Deputy Head drew Governors’ attention to his concerns that mental health was increasingly becoming an issue, particularly at Year 9/10/11.

·         The Head noted that the School had a strong team in place to monitor safeguarding and thanked the Deputy Head for his efforts.

·         In response to a question from a Governor, the Deputy Head that the weekly safeguarding communication was issued to Heads of Section within the School, but that this circulation list would be kept under review.

RESOLVED, that the report be received,