Keeping our children safe is a responsibility that we take extremely seriously. We believe that we have robust systems in place that enable us to do this consistently.
Through regular training and updates staff expand their own safeguarding knowledge and as a school leaders review processes so that they are in line with Government guidelines (for example by incorporating advice to prevent extremism and radicalisation – the PREVENT duty). We aim to equip staff with knowledge so they know the signs to look out for and know the actions to take when a child is at risk of harm.
To achieve this, we use a safeguarding policy that makes it explicitly clear to staff the actions that need to be taken should they have any concerns about children. This is supported by regular, updated continuous professional development for all staff. As a school, we check the background of all employees and volunteers through DBS checks to ensure that there is as little risk as possible to our children.
Visitors to the school have to sign into our electronic visitor book: the benefits of this are that we have visitor details and bespoke badges so that everyone knows a visitor has been registered. It helps safeguard everyone in school, even the visitor, as it makes our register of who is in school complete – essential if the school has to be evacuated.`
If you have any concerns about a child attending the school, please contact the designated officers for child protection at the school who are:
If you have a safeguarding concern about any child, please contact one of the team above.
