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Safeguarding

Safeguarding pupils is the priority at Hallmoor School. We aim to involve parents and carers in all decisions concerning their child but in certain circumstances it may be necessary to consult or make a direct referral to the Children’s Advice and Support Service (CASS) where to do otherwise could result in significant or increased risk of harm to a child. We shall also comply with any mandatory reporting responsibilities.

If you need to speak to a member of the safeguarding team, please contact them via the school telephone number or email safeguarding@hallmoor.fet.ac (please see the leaflet enclosed). During the summer holidays, please note that this email will not be monitored daily and any concerns for our young people living in Birmingham should be reported to Children’s Advice and Support Service (CASS) on 0121 303 1888. Please note CASS is open between Monday to Thursday: 8:45am to 5:15pm, Friday: 8:45am to 4:15pm. The Emergency out-of-hours number is 0121 675 4806. If you believe that a child is in immediate risk of danger, phone the police on 999. Please use this link to access support from CASS: CASS referal and website 

Contact number for CASS: 0121 303 1888

For concerns about an adult living in Birmingham please contact the Adult Social Care Contact Centre on 0121 464 9001 or email them at AMHPoutofhours@birmingham.gov.uk.

If you have a concern about a child or adult living outside of Birmingham, Please see the information below.

For concerns regarding a young person in Solihull please contact Solihull MASH on 0121 788 4300 or submit a referral here Multi Agency Referral. For concerns regarding an adult in Solihull please contact Solihull Safeguarding Adults Board on 0121 704 8007 or submit a referral here SMBC Web Form.

For concerns regarding a young person in Warwickshire please contact Family Connect on 01926 414144. For concerns regarding an adult in Warwickshire please contact Social Care and Support on 01926 412080.

For concerns regarding a young person in Wolverhampton please contact their children’s safeguarding team on 01902 555392. For adult Safeguarding concerns please contact their safeguarding team on 01902 5511999.

Further information can be found through the websites below.

Birmingham – Birmingham Children’s Trust Homepage

Solihull – Home – Solihull Safeguarding Adult and Children

Warwickshire –  Home – Warwickshire  Safeguarding Adult and Children

Wolverhampton – Home – Wolverhampton Safeguarding Together

Safeguarding poster (October 2025)

Safeguarding is defined as –

  • Protecting children from maltreatment;
  • Preventing impairment of children’s health or development;
  • Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
  • Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Hallmoor School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils/students. We believe that:

  • All children/young people have the right to be protected from harm;
  • Children/young people need to be safe and to feel safe in school;
  • Children/young people need support that matches their individual needs, including those who may have experienced abuse;
  • All children/young people have the right to speak freely and voice their values and beliefs;
  • All children/young people must be encouraged to respect each other’s values and support each other;
  • All children/young people have the right to be supported to meet their emotional, and social needs as well as their educational needs – a happy, healthy, sociable child/young person will achieve better educationally.
  • Schools can and do contribute to the prevention of abuse, victimisation, bullying, exploitation, extreme behaviours, discriminatory views and risk taking behaviours; and
  • all staff and visitors have an important role to play in safeguarding children and protecting them from abuse.
  • Our school is part of Operation Encompass.   This is a police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Abuse.
  • Operation Encompass means that the police will share information about Domestic Abuse incidents with school PRIOR to the start of the next school day when they have been called to a domestic incident.
  • Once a Key Adult (DSL) has attended at an Operation Encompass briefing they will cascade the principles of the Operation Encompass to all DSL’s.

Hallmoor School will fulfil its local and national responsibilities as laid out in the following documents:

On occasions we may need to speak to parents or carers about F.G.M. (female cutting), domestic abuse, forced marriage, child sex exploitation and expression of extreme views. We will also comply with any mandatory reporting responsibilities in these and other areas of safeguarding. We encourage parents or carers to speak to us if they have any concerns about these or other areas.

We provide advice and training sessions for parents re: online safety and we welcome any requests for advice or input in this area.  Parents and carers can ask and talk to us if they have any concerns no matter how small they feel they may be.  Online safety is a very important, influential and ever-changing aspect of children’s lives that can leave any child very vulnerable.

At Hallmoor School the staff and children promote and practice British Values across the curriculum and in all we do every day, as part of our immersion in the principles set out in the Birmingham Curriculum Statement.

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