Safeguarding Team

At our school, we have a dedicated safeguarding email address, if you need to contact a DSL urgently: head@themill-tkat.org

Our Safeguarding Team:

• Designated Safeguarding Lead - Sophie Gosden, Headteacher
• Designated Safeguarding Lead - Cheryl Walsh, Deputy Headteacher
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Chris Noble, Deputy Headteacher
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Jess Burnett, Assistant Headteacher
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Matt Eagle, Assistant Headteacher
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Jane Crockford, SAFL
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Julie Whitington, SENDCo

Our Safeguarding Governor is Ann Woolfe. Part of their role is to challenge our procedures and policies, ensuring that we are effectively safeguarding all of our pupils.

If you or a child is in immediate danger, phone the Police on 999.

Our trust is fully committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.

At the Mill Primary Academy, we aim to provide a caring, positive, safe and stimulating environment which promotes the social, physical and moral development of the individual child, and strive to make sure that every pupil in the school feels secure, well cared for and able to reach their full potential. You will find child protection and statutory safeguarding documents in the information, policies section in the tabs above.

Reporting a concern to the school:

You can do that by contacting the school on 01293 571893 - ask to speak to a Designated Safeguarding Lead or Deputy.

You can contact the designated safeguarding lead, who is the headteacher directly at head@themill-tkat.org or a deputy designated safeguarding lead jane.crockford@themill-tkat.org. Any concern you have relating to safeguarding will be responded to within school hours. Please see the West Sussex information below for emergencies.

Contacting West Sussex Children’s Services:

If you have a safeguarding concern about a child, you can also call or email:

Phone: 01403 229900 (Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 5.00pm)

Online referral here

If you require the West Sussex Emergency Duty Team (EDT) outside of office hours (5.00pm-9.00am weekdays) or at weekends and bank holidays, please call 033 022 26664.

If the Emergency Duty Team line is unavailable and you need to report an emergency safeguarding concern, please call 07711 769657. Note that this number does not accept texts.