The safety, welfare, and wellbeing of every young person we work with is our highest priority. As an alternative provision working with vulnerable and often disadvantaged children, we recognise that many of the students referred to us have additional needs around safeguarding, and we take our responsibility to protect them extremely seriously.
We are committed to creating an environment where children feel safe, listened to, and able to raise any concern — about themselves or about someone else — knowing they will be taken seriously and acted upon.
Our approach
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility at Able Education. Every member of staff, tutor, and volunteer receives safeguarding training appropriate to their role, and understands the signs that a child may be at risk of harm, how to respond, and how to escalate a concern. Our practice is guided by Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), the Department for Education's statutory safeguarding guidance.
Because our students often join us from a range of different schools and circumstances, we work closely with referring schools, local authorities, and, where appropriate, other agencies to ensure that safeguarding information follows the child and that no concern is ever lost between settings.
Safeguarding at ABLE Education
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), has overall responsibility for safeguarding across the provision. [Name], our Deputy DSL, is available in their absence. Both can be contacted directly using the details below, and both are trained to the appropriate level for their role.
Designated Safeguarding Lead: [Name] — [email] / [phone]
Raising a concern
If you are worried about a child — whether a specific incident, something a child has said, or a general sense that something isn't right — please don't wait. You can raise a concern using our safeguarding referral form below, or contact our DSL directly. All concerns are treated in confidence and shared only with those who need to know in order to keep the child safe.
If a child is in immediate danger, always call 999.
Useful contacts
NSPCC Helpline
Adults worried about a child — advice, or to report a concern
0808 800 5000 | nspcc.org.uk
Childline
Free, confidential support for children and young people themselves
0800 1111 | childline.org.uk
CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection)
Reporting online sexual abuse, grooming, or exploitation
ceop.police.uk/safety-centre
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
Reporting child sexual abuse content found online
iwf.org.uk
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