Safeguarding
Preston Manor is committed to providing safe environments for children and young people through robust safeguarding practices and requires all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.
If you have a safeguarding concern, please contact any of the below-named people.
Assistant Headteacher / Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Head of Lower School / Deputy DSL
Deputy Head of Lower School / Deputy DSL
Assistant Headteacher / Deputy DSL
Assistant Headteacher/ Deputy DSL
Deputy Head of Upper School / Deputy DSL
Assistant Headteacher/ Deputy DSL
The Safeguarding team can be contacted by:
| safeguarding@preston-manor.com | |
| Telephone | 020 8385 4040 |
| To view the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, please CLICK HERE If you would like a paper copy of this policy, please email info@preston-manor.com |
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For urgent child protection matters, outside of school hours, or if you would like to speak to social services about a safeguarding concern, please contact:
Brent Family Front Door:
| familyfrontdoor@brent.gov.uk | |
| Telephone | 020 8937 4300 – option 1 |
| Website | CLICK HERE |
If anyone is in immediate danger, please call 999.
Helpful resources for students
If you are a student and wish to speak to someone outside the school, the following resources may be useful:
- Childline: https://www.childline.org.uk/ or 0800 1111
- Young Minds: https://youngminds.org.uk/
- Kooth: https://www.kooth.com/
- Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/ or 116 123
Helpful resources for parents
If you are a parent and wish to speak to someone about your child, the following resources may be useful:
- Young Minds: https://youngminds.org.uk/ or call the parents’ helpline on 0808 802 5544
- Building Relationships for Stronger Families: https://tavistockrelationships.org/stronger-families
- Brent Early Help: https://www.brent.gov.uk/services-for-residents/children-and-family-support/early-help-and-support-available/
Prevent Duty
As a school, we follow the Prevent Duty and work closely with key organisations to prevent radicalisation and extremism.
Anyone who has information that they wish to bring to the attention of the police anonymously can do so by calling the Anti-Terrorism hotline on 0800 789 321.
CLICK HERE for the Prevent Duty guidance, published by the Department for Education.
Online Safety
The internet is a great place for young people to learn, play, create and connect, but technology is advancing quickly and parents may find it challenging to keep up. We want everyone to safely enjoy the web, and below you will find resources to help parents regularly discuss online safety with their children. This empowers families to confidently explore the digital world.
County Lines
A common feature in county lines drug supply is the exploitation of young and vulnerable people. The dealers will frequently target children and adults - sometimes with mental health or addiction problems - to act as drug runners or move cash, so they can stay under the radar of law enforcement.
People exploited in this way will quite often be exposed to physical, mental and sexual abuse, and in some instances will be trafficked to areas a long way from home as part of the network's drug-dealing business.
As we have seen in child sexual exploitation, children often don't see themselves as victims or realise they have been groomed to get involved in criminality. It's important that we all play our part to understand county lines and speak out if we have concerns.
You can find further information on County Lines and how to report your concerns by CLICKING HERE