The school's first responsibility is to keep children safe. If you are concerned about the safety or wellbeing of a child in our care contact our Safeguarding Team.

If a child is in immediate danger you should always call 999.

The Safeguarding Team in school is led by Designated Safeguarding Lead: 

• Ms L Butler (Assistant Headteacher)

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads:

• Miss Totty
• Miss Mitchem
• Mr De Fabiani
• Mr Rouse
• Mrs Ronan

To contact the Safeguarding Team please email: safeguarding@townleygrammar.org.uk

Please read our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.

Keeping Our Community Safe

Our school ethos and values place the wellbeing and welfare of our students at the centre of every decision we make. We have a responsibility to protect children in all of our school’s activities and are confident in our robust safeguarding measures, policies and actions. We are committed to working with local partners to continue to develop our robust approach to safety and the safeguarding of children. We will never think that ‘we are done’ with our safeguarding processes, therefore commit to ongoing learning about all aspects of safeguarding that could affect our staff and students. Our partnership with Bexley Women's Aid shows that as a school and Trust we are outward facing and seek to consult and bring into our community as many expert voices as possible to ensure our students benefit from the very best in pastoral care and support.

We will seek to:

• Create a safe and welcoming environment where children can develop their skills and confidence.
• Support and encourage other groups and organisations to implement similar policies through collaboration with Odyssey Trust attendance of local Designated Teacher Forums.
• Recognise that safeguarding children is the responsibility of everyone, not just those who work with children.
• Ensure that any training or events are managed to the highest possible safety standards. Review ways of working to incorporate best practice.
• Treat all children with respect regardless of age, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, sexual orientation or identity.
• Carefully recruit and select all employees, contractors and volunteers by using DBS processes, safer recruitment processes and seeking references as well as ensuring that Safeguarding is a primary element of all staff and volunteer induction.
• Respond swiftly and appropriately to all complaints and concerns about poor practice or suspected or actual child abuse.
• Share information about concerns with agencies who need to know, involving parents and children appropriately.
• Our school maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ at all times.

Recent events in London and the pandemic have further reinforced our determination and focus on supporting our students in every possible way and we shall continue to do so; strong in our values and resolute in our actions.

Please read the following statements we shared with the whole Townley community.

We have also included our reach out poster so you all know who you can reach out to at any time.

​Together we can make a positive change, together we can help each other and those around us stay safe and become empowered.