Shirley Community Primary & Preschool

Safeguarding

Shirley School is passionate about and highly committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all of its pupils. We expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment and this is also reflected in our visitor guide.

We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school.

All concerns are listened to and passed onto trained Designated Safeguarding Personnel in compliance with the sharing of information guidance.

Our Designated Lead for Safeguarding is: John Cattermole, Headteacher and Claire Smalley, Interim Headteacher

Designated Persons for Safeguarding are:

Conor Newton, Safeguarding & Inclusion Officer

Tom Dennis, Assistant Headteacher

Monica Perez, Assistant Headteacher

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads for Early Years are:

Liz Pickering, Pre-School Manager

Stacy Branigan, Pre-School Deputy Manager

Governor with responsibility for Safeguarding is: Harriet Riches

If you have a concern about a child please contact the school on our main number: 01223 712252 or email: safeguarding@shirley.cambs.sch.uk

The Safeguarding Team meets on a regular basis to discuss ongoing concerns and ensure appropriate actions are carried out and followed up. We also work very closely with a number of social workers and other key safeguarding employees to ensure the correct help and support is directed to children and families – everyone shares a responsibility for keeping children safe.

The law requires that all school staff pass on any concerns around a child’s welfare, including risk from neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse. School staff will seek to discuss any concerns raised with parents or carers, including referrals to other agencies. However in situations where the child is suspected to be at risk of harm, the law states that schools can refer to other agencies without informing parents or carers. The Data Protection Act 2018 also contains ‘safeguarding of children and individuals at risk’, as a processing condition that allows professionals to share information. In all cases, the safety of the child will be of paramount concern.

You can also seek advice at any time from the NSPCC helpline: 0808 800 5000 or email: help@nspcc.org.uk

Prevent

HM Government has published guidance for Local Authorities, including schools, about their responsibilities under the ‘Counter-Terrorism and Security Act’, July 2015. Under the Act, schools and other authorities have a duty to ‘have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance

Our school’s Prevent Lead is John Cattermole. Our Prevent Action Plan is below

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Online Safety 

Keeping children safe online is also a key priority at our school. Children learn about many aspects of online safety through the Computing Curriculum and we also ensure they access age-appropriate materials and learn about safe online content, which are set out in our online safety policy. Our online safety lead is Phillip Jeakins, Computing Lead. Below are further links to useful information for parents regarding keeping safe online:

UK Safer Internet Centre: https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers

National Online Safety Guides for Parents: https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides

NSPCC Keeping Children Safe Online: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

NSPCC Report Remove - a tool that allows young people to report an image shared online and see if it's possible to get it taken down https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-reporting/report-remove/ 

ThinkUKnow for parents: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

 BBC Own It - videos and advice aimed at children for staying safe online https://www.bbc.com/ownit

We recommend that you monitor and restrict your children's access when going online by:

We also recognise that some of our children begin to use mobile devices even during primary school. You may therefore find it useful to judge your child's suitability to use mobile devices with this mobile phone-ready checklist:

Acceptable Use Policies

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