Visiting Our School

Our normal school day is:

• School day begins:        08:30
   
• School day ends:            15:10 (KS3) and 15:20 (KS4 and 5)

Visitors should be particularly careful around the site at the beginning and end of the school day, when there may be significant pedestrian and vehicle movement.
 

All visitors must report to Reception on arrival, sign in using the school's visitor system and provide identification when requested. The school determines the level of safeguarding checks required based on the nature, frequency and circumstances of each visit, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education and other relevant statutory guidance. Visitors must comply with any identification, safeguarding or supervision requirements specified by the school and wear their issued visitor badge or lanyard visibly throughout their visit.

• Red lanyard:        You must remain accompanied by a member of staff while on site.
   
• Green lanyard: You have been authorised to move around the site without continuous supervision.

Please remain within the areas relevant to your visit and follow any instructions given by school staff. Before leaving, please return to Reception, sign out and return your visitor badge or lanyard.

You must sign in and out each time you enter or exit the school premises.

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.  All adults in our school have a responsibility to help keep children and young people safe.  If, during your visit:

• A student tells you something that causes you concern.
• You see / hear something that concerns you about a student's welfare or safety.
• You are concerned about the conduct of an adult towards a student.
• You have any other safeguarding concern.

You must report it immediately.

Do not assume that someone else will report the concern. Speak directly to a member of the Safeguarding Team, Reception or the member of staff hosting your visit. The school may ask you to provide a written statement.
 

Safeguarding mobile:   07802 415 865

If you become unwell, are injured or require first aid during your visit, please tell a member of staff or Reception immediately.

• First Aid location:    next to main reception
• First Aid contacts:   Louise Holbeche/ Gill Thorpe

In a serious medical emergency, alert a member of staff immediately or call 999 if urgent assistance is required.

If the fire alarm sounds:

• Follow staff instructions and the displayed evacuation signage.
• Leave the building immediately by the nearest safe exit.
• Proceed directly to the designated visitor assembly point.
• Do not stop to collect belongings or use lifts.
• Remain there until instructed otherwise.

Visitors should not leave the site during an evacuation without first informing a member of staff, so that they can be accounted for.
 

Visitor Fire Assembly Point

Main school sports field (opposite main reception)

After 3:20pm:   Netball/tennis courts opposite the main hall central door

If a lockdown or other emergency is declared, you must follow the instructions of school staff immediately.

If you are not with a member of staff, move to the nearest appropriate occupied classroom or office if it is safe to do so. Lock doors, turn off lights and remain out of sight. Remain in place until an authorised member of school staff confirms that it is safe to leave.

School-specific lockdown signal:   ‘School is in lockdown’ audible instruction

If you have an allergy, food hypersensitivity, coeliac disease, intolerance or another medical condition which may require support while you are on site, please inform Reception or your host, ideally before your visit and otherwise immediately on arrival. This is particularly important if you are at risk of a serious allergic reaction or anaphylaxis, carry emergency medication, or if food or refreshments will be provided during your visit.

If refreshments or catering are being provided, please make staff aware of any relevant dietary or allergy requirements before consuming food.

Visitors must not bring, prepare, serve or distribute food to students unless this has been agreed in advance with the school.

If you become unwell during your visit, inform a member of staff immediately.

First aid assistance can be contacted through main reception 020 8394 3400 (ext 202)
or First Aid (ext 265) located next to the main reception.

We expect everyone visiting our schools to treat students, staff and other members of the school community with dignity, respect and courtesy. Harassment, sexual harassment, discriminatory behaviour, bullying, threatening or abusive behaviour, and other inappropriate conduct towards members of staff, students or others will not be tolerated. This applies whether behaviour is verbal, physical, written or communicated electronically.

In particular, visitors must not:

• Make discriminatory, sexualised, degrading, intimidating or offensive comments, jokes or gestures.
• Engage in unwanted physical contact or other behaviour of a sexual nature.
• Direct inappropriate conduct towards someone because of, or in connection with, a protected characteristic such as age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
• Behave in a threatening, abusive, intimidating or humiliating manner.
• Give students personal contact details or other personal information.
• Accept or respond to personal contact information provided by students; instead, this should be reported to a member of staff.
• Take photographs, videos or recordings of students or staff unless this has been specifically authorised by the school.
• Enter areas or use facilities other than those authorised for their visit.

Visitors must follow reasonable instructions from school staff and any supervision requirements associated with their visitor badge.

If you witness or experience behaviour during your visit that causes concern, please tell your host, Reception or another senior member of staff.

Where a visitor's behaviour causes concern, the school may take proportionate action. Depending on the circumstances, this may include asking the visitor to stop the behaviour, ending the visit, requiring the visitor to leave the site, placing conditions on future visits or restricting access to school premises.