Safeguarding
The Designated Safeguarding Team at Haberdashers’ Knights Academy comprises of:
Mrs Charlene Ponteen, Vice Principal - c.ponteen@habstrustsouth.org.uk - Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mr Joseph Brinsdon - j.brinsdon@habstrustsouth.org.uk - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
If you have a safeguarding query, please do not hesitate to contact us on the email address below:
safeguarding.knights@habstrustsouth.org.uk
Please click here to visit the Lewisham Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB)
As an Academy, we subscribe to the SAFER BSCB recommendations, actions and outcomes:
- Sustainable – we aim to develop a system for safeguarding and protection that is durable for the long term.
- Accountable – we hold ourselves and our partners to account for the decisions we make and the services they provide.
- Feasible – we aspire for excellence but will only promise what is achievable.
- Evidenced – we will seek evidence of the effectiveness of our work and our partners’ work.
- Respect – we will respect the voice of the child as central to our work and ensure a child focus in our activity.