Safeguarding and Child Protection

Bullers Wood School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding legislation and government guidance define safeguarding as:

• Protecting children from maltreatment
• Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development
• Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
• Taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes

The school adheres to the following DFE safeguarding documents:

1. Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023
2. Keeping Children Safe In Education 2023
3. The Prevent Duty 2023

The school’s Safeguarding Team consists of:

Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs Michelle German, Deputy Headteacher - mgerman@bwsgirls.org

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs Marie Hemmings - mhemmings@bwsgirls.org

Additionally each year group also has at least one trained first point of contact for students to approach regarding safeguarding concerns. This will normally be their Head of Year plus additional trained support staff.

Safeguarding First Contacts 2026-2026

Year 7:  Mr S Ayo (sayo@bwsgirls.org)

Year 8:  Miss H Goddard (hgoddard@bwsgirls.org)

Year 9:  Miss A Miller (amiller@bwsgirls.org) or Miss G Lloyd (glloyd@bwsgirls.org)

Year 10:  Mrs E Carter (ecarter@bwsgirls.org) or Ms L Standen (lstanden@bwsgirls.org)

Year 11:  Mrs Foley-Willis (sfoleywillis@bwsgirls.org)

Year 12:  Ms R Terry (rterry@bwsgirls.org)

Year 13:  Ms C Scott (cscott@bwsgirls.org)

Additional Sixth Form safeguarding contacts:

Ms Kathryn Levey – AHT Sixth Form (klevey@bwsgirls.org)

For more information regarding how to support your child with regards to safeguarding and wellbeing, please go to: Wellbeing