Child-Centred
Children's wishes, feelings, lived experiences and communication needs are considered when decisions are made.
Safeguarding at Reconnect Learning
Keeping Children and Young People Safe, Heard and Protected
Safeguarding underpins every part of Reconnect Learning's alternative provision, tuition, mentoring and outreach. We are committed to protecting children and young people from harm and creating learning environments where they feel safe, respected and listened to.
Our safeguarding arrangements include named leadership, safer recruitment, risk assessment, clear reporting routes, professional boundaries and coordinated working with schools, local authorities, families and safeguarding agencies.
Safeguarding Comes First
Safe relationships. Clear reporting. Prompt action.
Is a child in immediate danger?
Call 999
Call 999. Our website and safeguarding mailbox are not emergency services.
Our Commitment
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility
The welfare of the child is paramount. Concerns are taken seriously, recorded appropriately and acted upon in line with safeguarding procedures, the circumstances of the concern and the responsibilities of relevant agencies.
Professionally Curious
Staff remain alert to changes, inconsistencies and indicators that may suggest a child needs help or protection.
Prompt & Accountable
Concerns are reported without delay through clear internal and external safeguarding routes.
Inclusive
Practice takes account of SEND, communication, family circumstances and additional vulnerability.
Safeguarding Contacts
Designated safeguarding leadership
Contact the safeguarding team as soon as possible where a concern is connected with a learner, member of staff, contractor or activity delivered by Reconnect Learning.
Ellen Kerr
- Safeguarding mobile: 07577 006223
- Office: 01708 918728
- Email: safeguarding@reconnectlearning.co.uk
Claire Spicer
- Safeguarding mobile: 07577 006223
- Office: 01708 918728
- Email: safeguarding@reconnectlearning.co.uk
Choose the Correct Route
How to raise a safeguarding concern
You do not need proof before sharing a concern. Report what you have seen, heard, noticed or been told using clear, factual information.
Concern about a child
Contact our safeguarding team where the concern relates to a learner supported by Reconnect Learning. You may also contact children's social care or the police directly where appropriate.
Report a concern →Concern or allegation about an adult
Concerns about staff, tutors, contractors, volunteers or directors must be reported promptly, including concerns that may not meet the harm threshold.
Contact the safeguarding team →Concern about safeguarding practice
Where you believe safeguarding concerns are not being handled properly, use our whistleblowing procedure or seek independent advice.
NSPCC advice line: 0800 028 0285Recognising Harm
Safeguarding concerns can take many different forms
This list is not exhaustive. Any disclosure, behaviour, injury, change or situation that causes concern should be shared through the safeguarding route.
Physical, emotional or sexual abuse
Neglect
Child-on-child abuse
Sexual harassment or sexual violence
Online harm and harmful content
Child sexual or criminal exploitation
Domestic abuse
Bullying and discriminatory harm
Radicalisation and extremism
Missing education or unexplained absence
Self-harm or significant wellbeing concerns
Unsafe adult conduct or boundary concerns
Our Safeguarding Approach
Early identification and coordinated action
Learners accessing alternative provision may have experienced trauma, exclusion, anxiety, disrupted education, care experience or additional vulnerability.
Staff are expected to understand that behaviour, absence and disengagement can communicate unmet need, distress or possible harm.
Listen and record
Listen without leading, avoid promises of secrecy
and record the child's words as accurately as possible.
Report without delay
Concerns are passed promptly to safeguarding leadership.
Staff do not investigate concerns themselves.
Share information appropriately
Information may be shared with safeguarding agencies
where this is necessary to protect a child.
Review and escalate
Where concerns remain, escalation and professional
challenge routes are followed.
Safeguarding Across Every Setting
The same safeguarding expectations apply wherever learning takes place
Home & Outreach Tuition
Venue, lone-working, household, travel and communication risks are considered before delivery.
Online Learning
Online sessions follow professional-boundary, communication, privacy and reporting expectations.
Community Venues
Venue suitability, access, emergencies and supervision arrangements are assessed.
Schools & Other Settings
Reconnect Learning staff follow agreed site procedures alongside our own safeguarding duties.
Confidentiality & information sharing
Safeguarding information is treated sensitively and shared with people who need it for safeguarding or legal purposes. We cannot promise to keep information secret where a child may be at risk.
Consent is not always required before information is shared to protect a child, although children and families should normally be kept informed where it is safe and appropriate.
Email should not be relied upon for an emergency. Where an immediate response is required, contact the police or the relevant children's social care service directly.
Policies & Procedures
Safeguarding is supported by clear organisational controls
Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy
Managing Allegations Against Adults
Low-Level Concerns Procedure
Staff Code of Conduct
Safer Recruitment Policy
Whistleblowing Policy
Online Safety Policy
Prevent & Radicalisation Policy
Lone Working & Risk Assessment Procedures
Need to Raise a Concern?
Report a Concern →
Use the dedicated safeguarding reporting route
Contact Reconnect Learning where a safeguarding concern relates to our provision. Call 999 if a child is in immediate danger.