Safeguarding
Matchborough First School Academy is Committed to Safeguarding
The Staff at school responsible for Safeguarding are:
MFSA Safeguarding & Child Protection Policies
Our Safeguarding governor is Juliet Brunner
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.
If you are worried about a child, please contact the above safeguarding leads. You can call into school and ask for an appointment or you can contact them by telephone on 01527 883880.
You can also access support through the Family Front Door on 01905 822666, they will listen to your concerns and signpost you in the direction of the most appropriate support.
If you are concerned about a child at a weekend, a bank holiday or during the night please call the Emergency Duty Team on 01905 768020.
Alternatively you can contact the NSPCC helpline on 0845 155 0395.
If you feel that a child is at immediate risk of harm please call 999 for assistance.
Further information about children's services in Worcestershire can be found at
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services/childrens-services
Information and Advice websites to help keep your child safe:
Each month we will be sending out an Online Safety newsletter for parents and carers. Let’s work together to keep our children safe online! If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to your child’s class teacher.
Online safety newsletters
Our online safety policy
The purpose of our online safety policy is to:
- Safeguard and protect all members of the school’s community online
- Identify approaches to educate and raise awareness of online safety
- Enable all staff to work safely and responsibly, to model positive behaviour online and to manage professional standards and practice when using technology
- Identify clear procedures to use when responding to online safety concerns.
You can read our online safety policy below.
Congratulations!!
Thank you for to parents, carers who have completed Online Safety training, as well as Staff at MFSA. We have successfully met all the criteria to achieve the National Online Safety Certified School accreditation for the 2024/25 academic year.
Congratulations and thank you all for your commitment to Online Safety!
Safer Internet Day 2025
This year, Safer Internet Day will take place on the Tuesday 11h February, with the theme ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘.
Intent
As children are using the Internet more and more, they are open to more risks and challenges. These often cannot be avoided but it is our intent to teach our children how to manage risks and what they can do if they are exposed to a difficult situation and who they can talk to.
At school on Safer Internet Day, we will be learning about what scamming is, how it could take place and what we can do if we are worried about being scammed. We continually reinforce the importance of speaking to a trusted adult, whether that is at home or in school. It is essential that we teach our children how to use the Internet safely both at school and at home.
Online safety in school
At Matchborough First School Academy we use Project Evolve to support our planning when teaching Computing lessons. The Project Evolve toolkit is based on the UKCIS framework ‘Education for a connected world.’ It covers the knowledge and skills to support our children in their online lives from Early Years onwards and to develop their use of online technology. We understand the importance of online safety and the children spend the Autumn term on the topic digital literacy. If you would like to find out more about our Computing curriculum, then please speak to your child’s class teacher or follow this link to our school website: Computing | Matchborough First School Academy.