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Please see below full information regarding safeguarding.

The school’s Safeguarding Team will continue to monitor vulnerable students during the period of closure and maintain contact with the relevant services.

If you have a safeguarding concern to report during the period of school closure, please contact the Designated Safeguarding Leads here at The Chalfonts Community College:

• Victoria Lang – Vice Principal & Lead DSL victorialang@chalfonts.org
• Paula Procopi – Assistant Principal & Deputy DSL paulaprocopi@chalfonts.org
• Tina Borer – Behaviour & Welfare Manager tinaborer@chalfonts.org
• Russell Denial – Principal russelldenial@chalfonts.org

If you have an urgent concern about a young person please contact Buckinghamshire Children’s Social Care First Response Team:

First Response Team
Telephone: 01296 383 962
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5.30pm
Friday 9am to 5pm

If you need an urgent response outside of these hours, contact the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) on 0800 999 7677.

Alternatively, you can report a concern through the online services: https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/care-for-children-and-families/child-protection-and-safeguarding/

Should students require support for safeguarding/counselling during the school closure, there are a number of sources for support:

For students currently accessing the school counselling service who feel that additional support may be required during the school closure please e-mail: counsellingteam@chalfonts.org. 

Alternatively, there are many other online platforms for young people to access:

NSPCC

• NSPCC Helpline: 0808 800 5000 Contact professional counsellors for help, advice and support

Childline

• 0800 1111 - Free, confidential advice and support for children and young people

Kooth

• Kooth offers free, safe and anonymous online support for young people.It can be accessed also via an app which can be downloaded onto most devices.Kooth provides a range of services to young people including counsellors who will work online with a young person. https://www.kooth.com/

Young Minds Messenger

• The YoungMinds Crisis Messenger text service provides free, 24/7 crisis support across the UK. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text YM to 85258 or visit: https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/get-urgent-help/youngminds-crisis-messenger/#youngminds-crisis-messenger

The Chalfonts Community College has been recognised nationally by receiving prestigious awards for their outstanding key stage 5 results last year. The awards are based on 2019 data provided by the Department for Education and Ofsted, and for the school's commitment to collaboration, analysed by SSAT, the Schools, Students and Teachers network.

The Chalfonts Community College was found to be among the best performing non-selective sixth forms in the country, receiving two awards for being in the top 10% nationally for student attainment and achieving significantly higher than national average student progress, in applied general subjects at key stage 5.

The SSAT Educational Outcomes database compares all state-funded schools in England and the highest performing schools in a range of key measures are awarded SSAT Educational Outcomes Awards.

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive of SSAT said:

"Congratulations to The Chalfonts Community College on winning two SSAT Educational Outcomes awards. This success is down to the superb learning and teaching, outstanding support and inspirational leadership of students, staff, parents and governors. You have made a huge difference to the lives of the young people in your school. Thank you."

Dear Parents,

At 5.15pm today, the Secretary of State for Education gave a public statement that all state-funded schools in England would be closed from the end of the school day on Friday.

He also indicated that all the GCSE, AS and A-level examinations due to take place this Summer, have been suspended; and that students would be credited for their learning in some other way.

Having indicated that all schools would be closed, he then indicated that they would be expected to remain open for the children of key workers and for those in various vulnerable categories – providing a safe place and access to meals. We are expecting a definition of ‘key worker’ tomorrow from the Cabinet Office. It will take time to determine the nature of this provision.

Although we have been anticipating such an announcement, and prepared for various scenarios, the limited details so far released raise considerably more questions than answers. You will all have your own legitimate concerns and queries.

The Secretary of State gave no undertaking that schools would be expected to sustain a pattern of normal learning during the closure; rather that any available staff would be expected to support other frontline efforts. Our school response is yet to be determined.

I will be working this evening and tomorrow with my senior leadership colleagues, and all staff, to clarify as best we can what this announcement means for the school, for our pupils and for you. I anticipate providing more details later tomorrow.

Thank you for your support and for your patience in the meantime.

For the next two days, pupil attendance In Years 7 and 13 should continue as normal within the COVID-19 Public Health England guidance.

Kind regards,

R Denial

Dear Parent and carers

I am writing to let you know that on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March we will be planning to open the school for years 7, 11 and 13 only.  This is due to the increasing difficulty in staffing.  Your child’s safety is important to us and we need to ensure that there is appropriate supervision in our school.

I hope that this gives you advanced warning of our intention and to plan for the coming days.  There may be further updates and I will communicate this by lunchtime tomorrow (18th March)

Mr R Denial

Principal

Please see the attached letter from the Principal regarding the Coronavirus and advice for education settings from Public Health England.

Updated: 16th March 2020