{"id":45047,"date":"2015-03-06T15:25:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T15:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?page_id=45047"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:16:43","slug":"safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/support\/safeguarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-42xe26v-bd93c16792a86445f08a519f9b766a57 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_slideshow  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p><div  class='avia-slideshow av-3jtqehj-aa389fd5916219522e704042deb976f2 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.632478632479%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-3jtqehj-aa389fd5916219522e704042deb976f2__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-41012 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-41012\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Main-lawn-featured-image.jpg\" width=\"702\" height=\"201\" title='Main lawn' alt='Students relax on the main lawn'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Main-lawn-featured-image.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Main-lawn-featured-image-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Main-lawn-featured-image-450x128.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1btyuk7-277bb62ba692d9c4db6fcd94337c3c6f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1btyuk7-277bb62ba692d9c4db6fcd94337c3c6f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1btyuk7-277bb62ba692d9c4db6fcd94337c3c6f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1btyuk7-277bb62ba692d9c4db6fcd94337c3c6f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1btyuk7-277bb62ba692d9c4db6fcd94337c3c6f av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_slideshow  el_before_av_textblock '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Safeguarding at Reaseheath College<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-213kwl3-7128ef32b1dd49e8074191cdc333305e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Reaseheath College is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all its students, staff and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>At our latest Ofsted Care Standards inspection we were given a \u2018Good\u2019 award for the care we provide our students. One of the four areas that we were inspected on was safeguarding \u2013 <a title=\"Ofsted Care Standards Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/about-us\/ofsted-care-standards-report\/\">click on this link for further information on Ofsted Care Standards Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Safeguarding encompasses students\u2019 health and safety, welfare and wellbeing, and means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring your safety and care<\/li>\n<li>Prevention of bullying and harassment<\/li>\n<li>Protection from abuse and neglect<\/li>\n<li>Promotion of your health and development<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring you are offered the best life chances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Safeguarding policy and procedures are applied across the whole organisation. They cover child and vulnerable adult protection and recognise our responsibility under the Government&#8217;s PREVENT duty for colleges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/about-us\/college-policies\/\">Please click here to visit the College Policies page for up-to-date safeguarding policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Safeguarding is the responsibility of all members of staff and Governors, and we expect any volunteers to share this commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Reaseheath works with Cheshire East Council to make sure our procedures and policies are in accordance with governing regulations. Training and development is embedded into college recruitment and induction procedures as well as the staff development programme.<\/p>\n<p>The college ensures that the following roles are in place to maintain a co-ordinated application and approach to safeguarding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Gorton &#8211; Chair of Governors (Safeguarding Link Governor)<\/li>\n<li>Paul Spearritt &#8211; Vice Principal &#8211; Curriculum &amp; Quality (Designated Safeguarding Lead)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Birkitt \u2013 Head of Student Services (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)<\/li>\n<li>Joanne Kavanagh \u2013 Head of Inclusive Learning and Resources<\/li>\n<li>Kay Murray &#8211; Safeguarding Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you, as a student at the college have any concern about your wellbeing, safety or rights, then you should:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk to your tutor<\/li>\n<li>Talk to Student Services or the Wellbeing Team<\/li>\n<li>Contact one of the college Student Support Officers who are available 24\/7<\/li>\n<li>Call the Student Services Team on 07889 216789<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ovrmdz-12405f7c30b42268b65c3a40007212af\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ovrmdz-12405f7c30b42268b65c3a40007212af{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ovrmdz-12405f7c30b42268b65c3a40007212af .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ovrmdz-12405f7c30b42268b65c3a40007212af .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ovrmdz-12405f7c30b42268b65c3a40007212af av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Useful links<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-130c3br-76b93393da3efcb3a80a60e770cee888 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/support\/\">Click here for further information on Student Support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/about-us\/college-policies\/\">Click here for further information on our Safeguarding Policy and other college policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":29136,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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