Welcome to our Pastoral and Safeguarding page.
North Kesteven Academy is resolutely committed to maintaining the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, including meeting its Prevent Duty obligations. We understand that children will achieve their very best when they are in a place where they feel seen, safe and cared for. We have a strong Pastoral Team which includes Pastoral Managers, The Safeguarding Team, an Attendance Officer and our Form Tutors.
During school opening hours, should you have any safeguarding concerns regarding your child or another North Kesteven Academy student then please contact the Academy on 01522 881010 as soon as you possibly can and we will do our very best to support you.
Should this be outside of school hours or we are unavailable for any reason then we would advise that you contact Lincolnshire Children’s Services for further advice on 01522 782111 (out of hours: 01522 782333).
Useful Resources & Links
The school’s safeguarding policy can be found here.
Lincolnshire Family Services Directory – a brilliant resource detailing all of Lincolnshire’s support services that might be of use to families.
Information on safeguarding children from Radicalisation and Extremism.
Information on ensuring the online safety of your child, including useful guides on Sexting, Online Grooming, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat can be found at the Childline website: https://www.childline.org.uk/
Operation Encompass
Our Academy supports Operation Encompass.
Operation Encompass is an information-sharing safeguarding partnership between police and education, enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse in their family or household.
Operation Encompass is a national police-led initiative to notify schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has experienced any form of domestic abuse. An officer attending an incident of domestic abuse will record at the scene the names and school of any children in the household. This will result in an email notification to our academy in readiness for the start of the next school day. This sharing of information will enable us to provide appropriate support, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child and/or family.
The Operation Encompass notification will be sent to the setting’s Key Adult (for our academy, this is the Designated Safeguarding Lead).
In the words of the scheme’s own mission statement, Operation Encompass aims to enable schools to better understand the impact living with domestic abuse has upon children; to help schools better understand a child’s lived experience; and to therefore be able to support and nurture each child, making a child’s day better and giving them a better tomorrow.
Further information can be found here: Operation Encompass
Meet the Academy’s Safeguarding Team
| Job title | Name |
| Designated Safeguarding Lead | Mrs D Clarke |
| Designated Safeguarding Officer | Mr L Athersych |
| Designated Safeguarding Officer | Ms H Thomas |
| Attendance Officer | Miss K Dormer-Hazell |
| Safeguarding and Attendance Administrator | Miss E Mitchell |
| Children in Care Lead | Mrs H Thomas |
| Attendance Lead | Mr L Athersych |
| Safeguarding Governor | Mrs J Sherwood |