HIGH WYCOMBE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

“At this school, the health, safety and well-being of every child are our paramount concern. We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. Our aim is for children to enjoy their time as pupils in this school. We want to work in partnership with you to help your child achieve their full potential and make a positive contribution.

To promote a safe environment for pupils, our selection and recruitment policy includes all checks on staff and regular volunteers’ suitability, including Criminal Records Bureau checks, as recommended by Buckinghamshire Council in accordance with current legislation.

In accordance with our responsibilities under section 175/157 of the Education Act 2002, we have a Designated Person for Child Protection, Mrs Hawkins, who is a member of the senior leadership team, and has received appropriate training for this role.  It is their responsibility to ensure that all staff in contact with children receives child protection awareness training on a regular basis.

There are occasions that our concern about a child may mean that we have to consult other agencies.  Whilst we would always aim to work in partnership with parents there may be exceptions to this when concerns are raised for the protection of a child.

On very rare occasions Social Care, whilst undertaking an investigation under s47 of the Children Act 1989, may want to speak to a child without parents’ knowledge.   This would be a decision made in collaboration with partner agencies and would only be done in situations where a child might be at immediate risk.  To gain consent at this point may increase the level of risk to the child or cause evidence of a crime to be lost.

The procedures, which we follow, have been laid down by the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in line with this for the safety of all. If you want to know more about our procedures, please speak to the Headteacher, or your child’s class teacher: the Policy can be found on the school website in Home, Key Information, Safeguarding

SCHOOL CONTACTS:

   Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL):                                    MRS C HAWKINS

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL):                     MISS K JOHNS

           Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL):                     MRS A MARGERISON

                                           Nominated Governor:                                                                MRS H ROBERTSHAW                                          

             Chair of Governors:                                                                   MRS H ROBERTSHAW

Useful Links

Cyberbullying: 

The resources are aimed at 3- to 11- year-olds and include information on: questions to ask; statements to support children with recognising online bullying.  ProjectEVOLVE – new online bullying resources available
 

NSPCC Learning: Protecting children from bullying and cyberbullying 

Link to the 'Report a Concern' page on the Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) website:

http://www.bucks-lscb.org.uk/concerned-about-child/