Parents, carers and staff all have the safety and wellbeing of our children at the centre of the decisions they make, both in and out of school. Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility. Members of the public, as well as staff in helping agencies, can play a vital role in helping to protect children from abuse or neglect.
Whilst the child’s welfare is always the most important consideration, there is also a duty on professionals to work in partnership with parents, to provide support where necessary and to ensure that children remain with their families wherever possible.
At St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School we take safeguarding extremely seriously. We work closely with the school family to make ensure that safeguarding is a priority of the school.
Staff had recent Safeguard training in Autumn 2022 completing sessions on Keeping Children Safe in Education and Prevent. Children have completed online safety training recently and this is also now part of the Computing curriculum.
Miss Wright is the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Nominated Teacher for Looked After Children: Miss Wright
Mr Geaves & Miss Ayton are the Deputy Designated Safeguard Leads (DDSL)
Miss Smith is the Designated Safeguarding Governor (DSG)
Please find our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy & Procedure here
All can be contacted through school.
The school maintains a Single Central Record, which records all the adults who work with children at our school. We also only work with contractors (for example builders) who can meet our requirements regarding safeguarding of pupils.
If any member of the public thinks a child may be at risk of abuse or neglect, they should contact the local Children’s Services (formerly known as Social Services) or the NSPCC National Helpline.
For children who live in Redcar & Cleveland
The Access Team, Redcar & Cleveland Children’s Services, Seafield House Tel: (01642) 771500
Out of Hours Emergency Duty Team – Tel: (08702) 402994
NSPCC National Helpline Tel: (0808) 8005000
The Department for Education has commissioned the NSPCC to launch a new helpline called Report Abuse in Education. The helpline comes after numerous anonymised testimonials of sexual harassment and abuse in schools and colleges were shared to the Everyone’s Invited website.
- children and young people who want to share current and non-recent experiences of sexual abuse and harassment
- children and young people who want to talk about being involved in or witnessing any incidents
- anyone who works or volunteers in a school setting and needs support and guidance
- adults who have experienced non-recent abuse
- parents and carers who are concerned about their own child or other children.
Young people and adults can contact Report Abuse in Education on 0800 136 663 or email [email protected]
External Support and Challenge:
As part of our continuous drive to ensure that we keep all children safe, we use the Trust Safeguarding Team to conduct supervision visits and challenge meetings.. This provides us with:
- Supervision of the Nominated Person for Child Protection, which includes the supervision of Child Protection files;
- Training for staff and the Governing Body;
- A school audit and an audit of Child Protection files;
- Support and guidance; and
- Internet safety presentations for staff, pupils and parents
The latest supervision visit was conducted on October 19th by Mrs A Turnbull.
If a member of the public considers that there is an emergency situation, they should dial 999 for the Police.
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 click here
Working Together To Safeguard Children 2018 click here
If a member of the public considers that there is an emergency situation, they should dial 999 for the Police.
Click here to view our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy updated in September 2023.
Below are links to websites you may find useful.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/
