DBS checked
Every member of the teaching team holds an up-to-date enhanced DBS check.
Safe hands, high standards
Policies & safeguarding
Your child's safety and wellbeing come first at Dance in Motion Academy. Here is how we look after everyone in the dance family, with our full policies available to download.
Our teaching team
Standards every family can rely on
Safeguarding trained
All teachers hold a minimum of Level 2 safeguarding certification.
First aid trained
Teachers are first aid trained so students are in safe hands at every class.
Fully insured & qualified
The academy and its teachers are fully insured and professionally qualified.
Safeguarding
The welfare of our students comes first
We recognise our responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of all children and young people we work with, under the Children Act 1989 and 2004 and the Education Act 2002. Every child has the right to protection from harm, whatever their gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or beliefs.
- Identifying and responding quickly to any concern about a child or young person.
- Providing a safe and happy dance environment backed by risk assessments.
- Thinking carefully about equality, diversity and representation across the school.
- Using safer recruitment, with DBS checks and references in place before anyone joins the team.
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Debbie Hinton
If you have a concern about a child, please speak to Debbie or to any member of staff at the studio.
All teachers hold a minimum of Level 2 safeguarding certification, and everyone working with children at the academy holds a valid, clear DBS check. Nobody is employed or able to volunteer if they are barred from working with children.
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Our policies in full
Each policy is available to read here or on request at reception. We review our policies and procedures annually.
Safeguarding children and child protection policy
How we protect and safeguard the welfare of every child in our care, who to speak to about a concern, and how concerns and allegations are handled.
- Designated Safeguarding Lead: Debbie Hinton
- Written by Debbie Hinton and Principal Gemma Hinton
- Covers recruitment, allegations, injuries and reporting
Health and safety policy
Our full health and safety policy, prepared with Citation Ltd, setting out how we identify hazards, assess risks and keep everyone safe in the studio and at events.
- Risk assessment, fire safety and emergency planning
- First aid, accident reporting and event safety
- Reviewed annually and updated as our activities change
GDPR privacy policy
What personal data we collect about students and families, why we hold it, how we store it securely, and how you can ask to see or remove it.
- Registration, medical and photography consent data
- Secure storage, retention and deletion standards