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Who has a duty to safeguard children?
Everyone!
We ALL have a statutory duty to:
“Safeguard and promote the welfare of children”
Waterthorpe Nursery Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare, both physical and emotional, of every pupil both inside and outside of the school premises. We implement a whole-school preventative approach to managing safeguarding concerns, ensuring that the wellbeing of pupils is at the forefront of all action taken.
This policy sets out a clear and consistent framework for delivering this promise, in line with safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
It will be achieved by:
- Creating a culture of safer recruitment by adopting procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might pose a risk to children.
- Teaching pupils how to keep safe and recognise behaviour that is unacceptable.
- Identifying and making provision for any pupil that has been subject to abuse.
- Ensuring that members of the governing board, the headteacher and staff members understand their responsibilities under safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance, are alert to the signs of child abuse and know to refer concerns to the DSL.
- Ensuring that the headteacher and any new staff members and volunteers are only appointed when all the appropriate checks have been satisfactorily completed.
We have a robust system for recording incidents called CPOMs. It enables any issues raised to be recorded, at any time, by any member of staff. Senior Leaders can build chronologies around students and produce reports on vulnerable pupils and groups.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is:Shelly Appleby
Our Designated safeguarding Deputy is: Michelle Taylor
Our Designated safeguarding Deputy is: Kerrie Deeley
Our Safeguarding Governor is: Lucy Manning
Our Senior Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead is: Mrs Suzanne Marriott
Click Here to See How Our Setting Safeguards Students September 2023
Our school’s Safeguarding Policy consists of the Safeguarding Policy Front Sheet and the agreed Sheffield A-Z policy documents
You can also find a copy of our Safeguarding Policy in the Polices section of the website.
Other key Safeguarding Policies:
Click here to link to our Policy page with full set of Safeguarding Policies