Safeguarding

Safeguarding

Moorhouse Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. Should you have a question or comment there is a dedicated email address safeguarding@moorhouseacademy.co.uk

In an emergency situation the number for Rochdale Children’s Social Care.

Rochdale Social Care (EHASH) – 0300 3030 440 (ehash@rochdale.gov.uk)

Emergency Duty Social Worker 4:45pm – 8am & weekends – 0300 303 8875

LADO – Local Authority Designated Officer (Louise Hurst) 0300 303 0350 (lado@rochdale.gov.uk)

The latest Keeping Children Safe in Education documentation can be found here.

Additional information and support can also be found at www.rochdalesafeguarding.com

Moorhouse Academy Safeguarding Team

At Moorhouse Academy, we work diligently, in partnership with external services, to support families via our Early Help Offer.

For any policies please visit our policies page and for any Safeguarding documents please see the documents section on this page.

View Rochdale Safeguarding information here

Safe After School Campaign

Read abour Rochdale’s Safe After School Campaign which was alunched to support parents & carers with advice and guidance on out of school activities.

Operation Encompass – supporting families experiencing domestic abuse.

We are an Operation Encompass School which means we work with the police to support children and families experiencing domestic abuse.

Additional services and support for domestic abuse are available here from Rochdale council.

Tackling Child Abuse (HM Government/DfE)

The government has launched a campaign called ‘Together we can tackle child abuse’. The resources, aimed at everyone in the community, could be used with parents and include four very short videos explaining physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and online abuse. 

The simple mnemonic, ABC, is used to remind people that they should look out for changes in appearance, behaviour or communication. The webpage has a search engine to find out where to report abuse.

For more information, go to: https://tacklechildabuse.campaign.gov.uk

Rail Safe

We are proud to have earned our Bronze award for being Rail Safe Friendly.

Online Safety

Online safety is something that we at Moorhouse take very seriously. We strive to make sure that all of our children are equipped for the technological world and know how to keep themselves safe. 

According to Ofcom’s most recent research, a significant proportion of children are already online by the time they start school.

To help our parents and carers, we have provided some advice about setting up the most appropriate apps for your children, and how to manage what your child can access. Our documents section on this page contains further useful materials to support online safety.

Safeguarding Bulletins

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