Policies & Statements

Child Protection and Safeguarding

Our safeguarding contact at Franklin Sixth Form College

Ben Kirk, the College’s Student Services Manager is the named member of the College with responsibility for Safeguarding issues.

Ben can be contacted via phone or email and his contact details can be found below: 

Phone: 01472 875000 ext 762

Email: ben.kirk@franklin.ac.uk

The College is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of its students

The College has a Safeguarding Policy and a Prevent Policy; these can be found by following the links below.

Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

Prevent Policy

As a college we aim to:

• Ensure that we practice safe recruitment when checking the suitability of staff, governors and volunteers to work with students
• Raise awareness of safeguarding issues through staff training
• Ensure a whole college, zero tolerance approach to all forms of child-on-child abuse, including sexual violence and harassment.
• Ensure procedures are in place for identifying and reporting cases or suspected cases of abuse, and/or where a student may be at risk of harm
• Establish a safe environment in which students can learn and develop and where they feel secure and are listened to
• Support our students to develop a safer, healthy lifestyle
• Ensure that students know there are staff in the College whom they could approach if they are worried.

For more information the North East Lincolnshire Local Safeguarding Children Board website is available here: https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/health-wellbeing-and-social-care/childrens-social-care/

Your well-being is important to us at all times during the day, so we feel that it is important to share some key out-of-hours contact numbers that you can ring when the college is closed.

If you require welfare or safeguarding services please see the following details below:

Safeguarding

Risk of harm to self or others e.g. self- harm, suicide, physical, emotional or psychological abuse - please remember you can contact your GP and the following services as appropriate:

 Welfare/Support/Advice

Housing/Financial Issues