Safeguarding Information

Safeguarding information for parents and carers

Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School fully recognises its responsibility under section 175 of the Education Act 2002 to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and to work together with other agencies to ensure effective arrangements within our school to identify, assess and support children who are suffering from harm.

Key school contacts:

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Hannah Khan (Deputy Headteacher)
Deputy DSL: Debbie Gardner (Attendance and Welfare Officer)
In the absence of both of the above: Andrew Harris (Headteacher)

School staff can be contacted on (01453) 842227 or via email.

Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board

If you are worried or concerned about anyone under 18, who you think is being abused or neglected, contact the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board (GSCB). They understand:

that you may only be raising a concern
that you may be worried how this may impact you
that you may be worried how this may impact the child you are worried about

The contact numbers are:

Gloucestershire Children and Families Help Desk: 01452 426565 (Mon – Fri 8am -5pm)
Gloucestershire Child Protection Unit: 0845 0901234

Other useful contact numbers:

South Gloucestershire Children and Families Help Desk: (01454) 868700
NSPCC child protection helpline: 0808 800 5000

School Policies

For further information about our safeguarding and child protection procedures, you may wish to refer to the following school policies:

Internet and mobile phone safety

Mobile phones and computers are a part of everyday life for many children and young people. Used correctly, they are an exciting source of communication and learning; but used incorrectly or in the wrong hands, they can be threatening and dangerous.

All pupils at KLB have training about internet safety. Mr Coley, Head of ICT and other staff deliver sessions using Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre material (CEOP). For further information, please contact Mr Coley (mcoley@klbschool.org.uk). You may wish to click here to read a letter from CEOP.

Excellent GCSE Results

Many Year 11 students have gained excellent GCSE results in their examinations this summer. This was the first year that the new, far more challenging, GCSE examinations in English and mathematics were taken. Nonetheless, over 70% of students achieved 5 or more passes at Grade C or above, including the equivalent grade 4 or above…

Outstanding 2017 A level results

Year 13 students have gained superb A Level results this summer. The headline statistics are as follows: 34.7% at grades A* and A 66.3% at grades A* to B 88.4% at grades A* to C These grades reflect the hard work and commitment of the students and their teachers. They also reflect the outstanding provision…

Junior Mathematics Competition Success

Congratulations to Ellis Brewer in Year 8 who has progressed through to the Junior Mathematics Olympiad run by the UK Mathematics Trust. Around 260,000 pupils across the country were entered for the Junior Mathematics Competition and, of these, approximately 1,100 are invited to take part in the Olympiad. In fact, Ellis gained a Merit in…

French Exchange 2017 update

After welcoming the French students to Wotton two months ago, 25 students from KLB went to Bois-Le-Roi – a familiar name, as it means Kingswood in French – in the south of Paris, in order to discover the famous Forest of Fontainebleau but also, of course, the capital of France. After three days, our students…