Safeguarding at MVC

At Melbourn Village College we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people. Safeguarding is the responsibility of every member of staff regardless of their role at the school. 

To achieve this, we ensure that there is regular safeguarding training for staff, continuous development and improvement of our robust safeguarding processes and procedures and a character curriculum that promotes a culture of safety and safeguarding within our school. 

All staff undertake a full enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before starting work at the school and all volunteers, external services and alternative providers undergo rigorous checks to ensure that they are appropriate to work with our children.  

For further information on how we keep children safe, please see our safeguarding policy. 

If you have a safeguarding concern you can email the safeguarding team using the following email address. 

MEL-Safeguarding@melbournvc.org

This is a dedicated safeguarding inbox which is monitored closely by our Safeguarding Team. All concerns will be responded to within 48 hours.  

The college will also log all safeguarding concerns that are raised in school or via the email address on MyConcern. MyConcern is a leading safeguarding management system and is used by all CAM academy trust schools. 

If you would prefer to discuss a safeguarding issue, or want to know more about the services below, please use the following contact details. 

Contacts
John Barnes - Designated Safeguarding Lead	01763 223400  jbarnes@melbournvc.org
Caroline Deadman - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead	01763 223400  cdeadman@melbournvc.org

In addition to the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead there are a team of additional staff who have undertaken DSL training or enhanced safeguarding training who ensure that issues are dealt with quickly and effectively and students supported. 

Out of Hours/Out of term time issues 

If you are concerned about a child and want to report your worries but school is closed, or you don’t feel comfortable reporting the problem to the school, please use the online reporting form that can be found HERE. These reports will be dealt with by the Cambridgeshire children’s social care team rather than the school safeguarding team. 

If you consider the incident to be an emergency, call 999.  

If you see something or hear something that doesn’t feel right – say something. 

Key external links and contact numbers for students and parents 

CRISIS – 0337261800 

Childline - 08001111 

Beat - Eating Disorders 

KOOTH 

MIND 

Samaritans 

National Health Advice Line 

National Domestic Abuse Helpline – 0808 2000 247 

CAMBS DA&SV Partnership 

NHS Website 

NSPCC 

Young Minds 

 

 

 

 

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