Safeguarding at Willow Green
At Willow Green Academy, the welfare of all our pupils is of great importance to us and we hope that parents are confident about their children’s health and safety whilst in our school.
We will always try to share any concerns we have with parents. However, there are times when we are legally obliged to share our concerns with other agencies, without first speaking to parents, or without the consent of parents.
The safety and protection of our pupils is our most important concern and we wish to reassure you that any sharing of information is done with the children’s best interest at heart.
Our safeguarding policies can be found in the ‘Statutory Information’ section of our website.

The Safeguarding Team
If you have any concerns about the welfare or safety of any child in our school, you can speak to one of our safeguarding team:
- Miss L Walker (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
- Mrs C Atkinson (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
- Mr A Swift (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
- Ms P Rhodes (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
- Miss V Iveson (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
At Willow Green Academy, the safety of the children is our first priority. If you have any concerns, do not hesitate to contact a member of the Safeguarding Team.
Members of the public can make anonymous referrals to Social Care Direct. They will deal with your concerns and can offer advice and support on what to do. The telephone number is 0345 8503 503, this is a free and confidential phone line, open 24 hours a day.
Useful Contacts and Links
Mental Health and Thrive Practitioner : Miss V Iveson
WF-I-Can Website
CAMHS Single point of access SPA
01977 735865
Wakefield Resilience Framework
Wakefield School Nursing/ Health Visiting Service
Wakefield District Domestic Abuse Service WDDAS
Wakefield Spectrum
Wakefield Education Welfare Service
Wakefield Local Offer
NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe Service for Primary Schools
Wakefield Young Carers
Drug Support for Young People
Wakefield Voluntary Sector Young Lives Consortium
Wakefield Adult Services
Wakefield Well Women Centre
Wakefield District Housing WDH
National Association People Abused in Childhood NAPAC
Stop It Now
Leading charity working in the field of sexual abuse. Also provides support for people who are worried about their own thoughts or behaviour towards children.
National Services – Domestic Abuse
Extremism and Radicalisation
Here at Willow Green Academy we are taking this extremely seriously and all staff have received training to aid them identify the signs of potential radicalisation.
As a parent you may be worried about how extremism and radicalisation might affect your child and so we have made some information available which you can find below.
Please read the leaflet below for further information for you as a parent/carer.