We feel Brookfield is a safe place for children.
All staff have attended safeguarding training. This training is updated yearly. The designated staff for safeguarding are Mrs Rachel Townsend (Principal, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead ), Mrs Rachel Teixeira (Vice Principal and Designated Safeguarding Lead Mrs Jess Reeve (Office Manager and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead), Miss Samantha Feist (Cover Supervisor, Extended Provision Manager Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) and Ms Cerez Emmile (EYFS Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead).
Please see our safeguarding policy and procedures on the school website.
Sutton Police Newsletter for Young people
Click here for the Summer edition of Sutton Police's newsletter for young people. It contains important advice on how young people can stay safe during the summer holidays.
Important Please read
We have been made aware from some of our local Sutton schools that a large whatsapp group has been circulating amongst our young people. Please check your child’s phones and advise them to only be in whatsapp groups with friends and family who they ‘know in real life’.
Please see below some online safety messages regarding social media apps that could be helpful to you.
If you have any concerns, please contact your Designated Safeguarding Leads at your school or contact 101.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
https://www.internetmatters.org/
For more information on keeping your child safe online, please take a look at this resource created by LGFL.
It is a parent portal that provides a wealth of information on a variety of issues.
Why not take a look?
Please click here for guidance for parents in choosing activities, clubs or personal tuition for children and young people.
Reducing the use of physical chastisement in Sutton
There are many different views about physical chastisement, but it is widely accepted there are much more effective ways to teach children right from wrong.
As a local authority, Sutton has seen a number of children coming to the attention of police and social care due to the use of physical chastisement and as such has worked with other local authorities on an initiative to reduce this number.
In line with this initiative, we agree that anything that causes harm to a child is unacceptable.
As a school we have a duty to report incidents of suspected or confirmed physical chastisement to social care and the police which leaves visible bruising, grazes, scratches, minor swelling, cuts as well as stress injuries from prolonged standing, position holding as these are banned by law in the United Kingdom.
Your local ward officers are:
PC Shanker Thangarajah
PC Hignett
PCSO Laura Jagoe
The team is based at Sutton Police Station.
If you ever need to get in touch with the team you can do so by contacting them directly on 0208 721 2492. This number is not monitored 24/7 so for anything urgent please call 999. Alternatively, you can contact them with any queries by email at snmailbox.stonecotsnt@met.police.uk.