Safeguarding
Key Information
Safeguarding
At Cranford Park Academy, our number one priority is to safeguard and promote the welfare of all our pupils.
As a school, we have a full and active part to play in protecting pupils from harm. We believe that our school should provide a caring, positive and safe environment in which pupils can thrive and we aim to promote the social, physical and emotional wellbeing of each individual pupil.
We work hard to create trusting relationships so that our pupils feel safe to share their worries and concerns. In the case of a more serious concern, we may need to consult with wider services and we aim to inform parents/carers of this at the earliest appropriate opportunity.
We will ensure that, wherever possible, we work in partnership with you and discuss our concerns unless we believe this may compromise safety or welfare.
Our Safeguarding Team
You can speak to any member of staff if you have a safeguarding concern. However, if you want to have a confidential conversation, you may feel it more appropriate to speak with a designated member of our team.
Please pop into the school office or email a summary of your concern to: cpaoffice@theparkfederation.org
Stronger Families
Hillingdon's Stronger Families Hub operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide families in Hillingdon with information, advice and support.You can contact the Stronger Families team and find more information on their services below:
https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/stronger-families
Concern about a member of staff
If your concern is relating to a member of staff, please report this in confidence to a member of the safeguarding or senior leadership team.
We refer any relevant concerns about staff to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) More information on the LADO can be found here:
https://hillingdonsafeguardingpartnership.org.uk/professionals/useful-guidance/lado/
Operation Encompass
We work in close partnership with other agencies when there are concerns regarding a child’s welfare. As a school, we have signed up to Operation Encompass. This is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse. You can read more about how this works in our school here:
https://www.operationencompass.org/about-us
Our Safeguarding Policy
To read about our safeguarding approach and procedures in more detail, please read our policy here:
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy 2026-27
Teaching Safeguarding
We use the Jigsaw curriculum to plan the teaching of key safeguarding themes throughout our school and this knowledge builds sequentially from our Early Years to Year 6.
We have chosen to use Jigsaw as it takes children and young people’s safety very seriously. It aims to equip them to lead safe, happy, healthy lives and to embrace the opportunities open to them to whilst keeping themselves safe, knowing their rights and responsibilities and where and how to ask for help when needed.
Below is an overview of what is taught at each stage across the school. Here you can see the key safeguarding and online safety themes covered:
