Safeguarding Officer

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St Augustine Academy is committed to providing an education that ensures all students succeed and make the best of the opportunities and experiences available to them. Our core principles are based upon the educational, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our students. We believe that students engage fully and reach their maximum potential when the environment is both caring and orderly, combined with teaching that fires their imagination and brings learning to life.

Embedded in our curriculum are many opportunities for students to access the essential skills that have been identified by numerous employers as fundamental for successful employment. We place great emphasis upon leadership, teamwork, creative solutions and innovation. Our curriculum provides numerous opportunities for these and other relevant skills to be introduced, practised and mastered so that when our students go forward into the world of work they are fully prepared.

The core purpose of academies is to transform the education and life chances of not only individuals but also the local community. We exemplify these notions as we seek to inspire our current students and those of future generations to succeed. We have a great deal to offer our community and look forward to working with others in ensuring that we genuinely do make a difference to the life chances of our students.

At St Augustine Academy we aim to transform lives through the power of holistic education. Our caring inclusive Christian community, for all faiths and none, enables students to grow academically, creatively, and spiritually. The Academy develops everyone's intellect, character, and sense of self-worth encouraging each to live a fulfilling and compassionate life.

We promote respect for each other, honesty and forgiveness as well as a desire to learn and achieve. These values are rooted in faith, delivered as a united community and are central to our motto, “Together we achieve.”

We are committed to:

Encouraging students to become responsible global citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

Broadening horizons, encouraging the realisation that our local community is part of a wider world which brings its own opportunities and responsibilities.

The continuous development of our staff to ensure that the best professional practice underpins our drive for student success.

Woodard Academies Trust is an education charity formed in 2007 to deliver an academy programme on behalf of Woodard Schools. Created by founder Nathaniel Woodard in 1848, Woodard is the largest group of independent Church of England schools in England and Wales. Woodard Academies Trust and Woodard Schools share a common ethos and vision: to inspire young people to make a difference.

Woodard currently sponsors five academies across the UK.          

The Woodard family of schools and academies provides many inter-school opportunities; the sharing of best practice and a strength and expertise within education. Their pioneering heritage places much emphasis on leadership and personal development. From attractive, welcoming environments to modern facilities, a Woodard education offer a rich variety of extra-curricular activities, professional teaching and effective pastoral care.

• The Academy offers a broad and innovative curriculum which is accessible to students of all aptitudes and abilities.
• There is a wide range of subjects, including an expanded vocational offer. This enables the students to develop creatively through music, art and design, drama and dance, physically through competitive sport and physical recreation and spiritually through religious, moral and citizenship education.
• Comprehensive and innovative extra-curricular activities motivate and encourage higher achievement and build a strong sense of community, as well as extend opportunities to enable students to develop the skills and knowledge to progress into further or higher education, training and work.
• The Academy has places for 950 students.
• The Academy has a fully inclusive Admissions Policy is in place.
• The Academy ethos is based on the Christian values of respect, loyalty, truth, trust and integrity. All faiths are welcome and Woodard Schools openly encourage understanding, diversity and tolerance for all.
• The Academy has an ethos and expectation of personal responsibility and self-discipline, excellent behaviour, high levels of attendance and punctuality and a natural and positive respect for others.

We respect your privacy and understand that privacy is important to you and that you care about how information about you is used, so this privacy policy sets out details about what data we collect and how we use it within Woodard Academies Trust including at our Academies.

When we process your personal data, we will always do so in accordance with the UK’s data protection laws which includes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).