Safeguarding
We are committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our children, staff and visitors alike.
Safeguarding is everyone’s concern. Our staff, governors, students, parents/carers, external agencies and members of the local community – all have responsibility for ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding.
We promote a climate where children and adults feel confident about sharing any concerns they may have about their own safety or the wellbeing of others. By providing a caring, safe and stimulating environment which promotes the social, physical and moral development of all our students, we aim to foster an atmosphere of trust, respect and security.
Safeguarding – who to contact
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is David Stow, who can be contacted on 0208 299 5300 or emailed at d.stow@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk. You can also email safeguarding@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk.
Please contact Mr Stow to report safeguarding concerns, discuss worries or discover more about how the Academy safeguards students, parents/carers, and staff.
Out of hours. If you have a safeguarding concern during any period the academy is closed, please call Southwark Childrens’ Social Care on 0207 525 5000, or contact MASH@southwark.gov.uk. If you think a child is in immediate danger or in the event of an emergency, please call 999.
Safeguarding poster
The safeguarding poster below is displayed in every classroom and key places around the academy. This is to make sure everyone connected to the academy can approach key staff (and any member of staff) to share any safeguarding concerns.
Our staff also have out of hours safeguarding cards on which are contact details of the senior safeguarding team and external agencies. This is for use if issues come to light outside of normal school hours.
Our full safeguarding team
Mr David Stow is our designated child protection/Prevent duty lead and safeguarding officer. Please contact Mr Stow if you have any questions or concerns relating to either child protection or safeguarding.
| David Stow | Designated Safeguarding Lead | d.stow@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
| Christine St Ange | Designated Safeguarding Lead | C.StAnge@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
| Chris Brett | Safeguarding Team | c.brett@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
| Greg Cooper | Safeguarding Team | g.cooper@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
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Lareice Okai |
Safeguarding Team |
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| Harry Ingham | Safeguarding Team | h.ingham@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
| Michael Chan | Safeguarding Team | M.Chan@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
| Chloe Dixon | Safeguarding Team | C.Dixon@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
| Andre Dyce | Safeguarding Team | A.Dyce@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk |
Every member of HBAED staff has completed a Level 2 accreditation in “Child Protection in Education”. Safeguarding training was given to all staff in September 2025.
The Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) is Eva Simcock. There is a duty system and one of the CP Coordinators in Quality Assurance Unit is on duty each day to deal with LADO issues. The duty telephone number for all LADO enquiries/referrals is 020 7525 3297.
Other safeguarding roles
Our Behaviour for Learning leaders are:
- Andre Dyce, Behaviour Manager
- Ife Osunkunle, Behaviour for Learning Leader
- Michael Edie, Behaviour for Learning Leader
- Junior Hamil, Behaviour for Learning Leader
- Sharna Longville, Behaviour for Learning Leader
Medical, health & safety and attendance contacts:
- The Medical Needs Officer is Carol Butler c.butler@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk
- The Health and Safety Officer is Seon Lee S.Lee@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk
- The Attendance Lead is Christine St Ange c.stange@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk
- The Attendance Officer is Yvonne Banton-Anibaba Y.Banton-Anibaba@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk.
- Attendance Office: Attendance@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk
Visiting speakers to the academy
Our curriculum is enriched by a wide range of visiting speakers, lecturers, authors and other visitors. To ensure our guests and visitors, and what they say, is in line with our own values and ethos, the academy completes rigorous checks. This means we can be confident that we are protecting our students from extremist views, such as radicalisation and homophobia, while enjoying the wide benefits of external speakers. All visitors to the academy are expected to follow our Visitors' Code of Conduct..
The Prevent Duty and Channel
The academy has a designated, accredited Prevent Duty Lead. The Prevent duty helps to safeguard our students against radicalisation, extremism and any actions or beliefs that are contrary to British Values and our academy ethos. It responds to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat we face from those who promote it, and prevents people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given appropriate advice and support.
HBAED opposes all form of extremism. We define ‘extremism’ as vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.
The academy will work also closely with the counter-terrorism referral programme “Channel”. Channel is a multi-agency approach to identify and provide support to individuals who are at risk of being drawn into terrorism. The programme uses a multi-agency approach to protect vulnerable people by:
- identifying individuals at risk
- assessing the nature and extent of that risk
- developing the most appropriate support plan for the individuals concerned.