Triumph Learning Trust operates across multiple local authorities, you must therefore refer to the local school admissions policy and local authority admissions process for the school in question. You can find admissions information through the ‘our schools’ links.

Individual School Policies

Each school within Triumph Learning Trust publishes key policy documents, including those required by statute for publication by academies, on their websites. These can be accessed directly on the school website; you can find a link to the school through the ‘our schools’ page.

Safeguarding

Under the Education Act 2002 (Section 175), schools must make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Parent/carers should know that the law (Children Act 1989) requires all school staff to pass on information which gives rise to a concern about a child’s welfare, including risk from neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse.

The Trust recognises that safeguarding and child protection is an essential part of our duty of care to all students and all staff have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn. We understand that safeguarding, child protection and promoting the welfare of all children is everyone’s responsibility and everyone has a role to play in protecting children. We recognise that our school is part of a wider safeguarding system for children and work closely with other agencies to promote the welfare of children. We maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ and will consider the wishes of, and at all times, what is in the best interests of each child.

Each school has a Designated Safeguarding Lead. Jennifer Beatie, is the named Safeguarding Lead for Trustees.

The Child Protection and Safeguarding Policies for all schools within the Trust are on their websites.

Admissions

Triumph Learning Trust is the Admissions Authority for both of the Rugby schools within the MAT, Coventry City Council is the Admissions Authority for the Coventry schools. Admissions and appeals to our academy schools are administered by the relevant Local Authority.

For further information on academy schools’ admissions please visit:

https://www.coventry.gov.uk/schooladmissions

https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/admissions

Prevent Duty

All Triumph learning Trust Staff, Trustees and Governors complete Prevent Duty Training. The Government’s Prevent strategy aims to reduce the threat to the UK from terrorism by stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The Prevent Duty Guidance places a duty on schools, and child care providers, to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”.

The current threat from Terrorism and Extremism in the United Kingdom is real and severe and can involve the exploitation of vulnerable people, including children to involve them in extremist activity. A guide for schools and others working with children and young people is designed to provide some tools and a local framework for professionals with which to respond to the new Prevent Duty and manage any safeguarding concerns for those children and young people who may be vulnerable to the messages of extremism. In addition it provides details of local multi agency working and expectations with regards identifying appropriate interventions and the Channel process.

Contest is the Governments counter terrorism strategy, its aim is to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from terrorism. Prevent is a key part of the contest strategy, its aim is to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Early intervention is at the heart of “Prevent” in diverting people away from being drawn into terrorist activity. “Prevent” happens before any criminal activity takes place. It is about recognising, supporting and protecting people who might be susceptible to radicalisation.

The Prevent Strategy objectives are:

Ideology – respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat we face from those who promote it;
Individuals – prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given appropriate advice and support; and
Institutions – work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation which we need to address.

Channel is a key element of the “Prevent” strategy and is a multi-agency approach to protect people at risk from radicalisation. Channel uses existing collaboration between local authorities, statutory partners (such as education and health sectors, social services, children’s and youth services and offender management services), the police and the local community to:

Identify individuals at risk of being drawn into terrorism;
Assess the nature and extent of that risk; and develop the most appropriate support for the individuals concerned.

Channel is about safeguarding children and adults from being drawn into committing terrorist-related activity. It is about early intervention to protect and divert people away from the risk they face before illegality occurs.

Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015

Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (the Act) places a duty on certain bodies (“specified authorities” listed in Schedule 6 to the Act), in the exercise of their functions, to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”. (Prevent Duty Guidance for England and Wales 2015)

Links

Educate Against Hate

https://educateagainsthate.com/