Safeguarding
What is safeguarding?
Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm
Safeguarding means:
- protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
- preventing harm to children’s health or development
- ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
- taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.
Child protection is part of the safeguarding process. It focuses on protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. This includes child protection procedures which detail how to respond to concerns about a child.
Schools have a key role to play in Safeguarding Children and Child Protection.
Safeguarding includes issues such as:
- Bullying
- Harrassment and discrimination
- Racist abuse
- Use of physical intervention
- Providing First Aid
- Drug and substance misuse
- Internet Safety
- School site security
- Preventing radicalisation
- Children Missing from Education (CME)
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Child Sexual Expoitation (CSE)
Child Protection is one aspect of Safeguarding.It refers to those actions that are taken to protect specific children who may be suffering, or at risk of suffering, significant harm.
Safeguarding and child protection in school
Schools play an essential role in protecting children from abuse. We have regular contact with children so are in a strong position to identify signs of abuse and neglect. We can safeguard children by:
creating safe environments for children and young people through robust safeguarding practices
ensuring that adults who work in the school, including volunteers, don't pose a risk to children
making sure staff are trained, know how to respond to concerns and keep-up-to-date with policy and practice
teaching children and young people about staying safe
maintaining an environment where children feel confident to approach any member of staff if they have a worry or problem.
Key Safeguarding Personnel | |||
Role
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Name |
Tel. |
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Headteacher | Mrs Lindsay Clough | 01380 813436 | head@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) | Mrs Lindsay Clough | 01380 813436 | head@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Deputy DSL(s) (DDSL) | Mrs Aleksandra Young | 01380 813436 | ayoung@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Deputy DSL(s) (DDSL) | Miss Carolyn Coakley | 01380 813436 | ccoakley@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Deputy DSL(s) (DDSL) | Mrs Janice Thacker | 01380 813436 | jthacker@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Deputy DSL(s) (DDSL) | Mrs Dawn Mason | 01380 813436 | psa@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Nominated Governor | Mrs Jardine Broom | 01380 813436 | CoG@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Chair of Governors | Mrs Jardine Broom | 01380 813436 | CoG@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |
Designated Teacher for Looked After Children | Mrs Lindsay Clough | 01380 813436 | head@st-barnabas.wilts.sch.uk |