Safeguarding: Keeping your child safe
All schools have a legal duty to work with other agencies, to safeguard children’s welfare. Safeguarding includes aspects such as anti-bullying, child protection and keeping children safe from all kinds of harm, including online safety. Keeping children safe is of high importance in our school. We have an approach that ‘it could happen here’ and all staff, governors and volunteers receive regular training and updates to ensure that safeguarding is a priority in all areas of school life.
We also understand that families and carers might experience times of trauma or difficulty, that may mean they need extra support and help. We call this ‘early help’. If you feel that you would like to talk to someone in school about this, please speak to Mr Lewis, Miss Gee or Ms Lawrence. We may be able to help with emotional support and practical guidance, or we can signpost you to other agencies and organisations who may also be able to help.
We also understand that families and carers might experience times of trauma or difficulty, that may mean they need extra support and help. We call this ‘early help’. If you feel that you would like to talk to someone in school about this, please speak to Mr Lewis, Miss Gee or Ms Lawrence. We may be able to help with emotional support and practical guidance, or we can signpost you to other agencies and organisations who may also be able to help.
You might also want to visit our ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing‘ page under the ‘Parents’ menu, which has useful suggestions and links.
We have consistent systems in place to ensure the children are safe, and to promote their emotional and physical well-being. For example, every year we teach the children the NSPCC ‘PANTs’ and 'Speak-Out, Stay-Safe' programmes and ensure that our PSHE curriculum covers topics such as ‘Respectful relationships’. Every school has a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), who is responsible for safeguarding and child protection matters affecting pupils at the school. The DSL is supported in their role by other members of staff who make up the school's safeguarding team:
We have consistent systems in place to ensure the children are safe, and to promote their emotional and physical well-being. For example, every year we teach the children the NSPCC ‘PANTs’ and 'Speak-Out, Stay-Safe' programmes and ensure that our PSHE curriculum covers topics such as ‘Respectful relationships’. Every school has a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), who is responsible for safeguarding and child protection matters affecting pupils at the school. The DSL is supported in their role by other members of staff who make up the school's safeguarding team:
Safeguarding Team
- Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr Adam Lewis
- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Miss Leah Gee
- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mrs Philippa Lawrence
- Senior Mental Health Lead: Mrs Mandy Edwards
- SENCO: Mrs Hazel Bell
- Nominated Safeguarding Governor: Dr Thomas Finnie
The NSPCC resource below provides some helpful advice and guidance about having conversations with your children about keeping safe. This includes information about the NSPCC PANTS Programme. If you are worried about a child's safety or wellbeing, you can find out how to contact the NSPCC by clicking here.
NSPCC Resource - Coversations to keep your child safe from abuse.pdf
Online Safety
Our school policies also give information about child protection and safeguarding in the school. These can be found in the policies section of our school website. You can access them by clicking here.