Safeguarding

 

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Natasha Harrison (Headteacher)

 

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead 

Miss Gemma Grimaldi (Year 1 teacher and SENDCO) 

 

Safeguarding Governor

Mrs Elaine Barry (contacted via the School Office or email ebarry@bledlowridge.bucks.sch.uk)

 

Chair of Governors 

Mrs Zoe Williams (contacted via the School Office or email zwilliams@bledlowridge.bucks.sch.uk)

Vice Chair of Governors

Mr Hugh Gage (contacted via the School Office) 

 

What to do if you have a safeguarding concern:

If you have a concern regarding a child in the school; record it and share the information promptly with a Designated Safeguarding Lead.

If your concern is regarding a member of staff, speak to the Headteacher.

If your concern is regarding the Headteacher, contact the Chair of Governors.

 

Safeguarding Statement 

At this school, the health, safety and well-being of every child is our paramount concern. We listen to our pupils and take what they tell us seriously. Our aim is for all 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 Disclosure and Barring checks (DBS), as recommended by Buckinghamshire County Council and in line 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 Harrison) and a Deputy Designated Person (Miss Grimaldi) who are members of the senior management team and have received appropriate training for this role. It is their responsibility to ensure that all staff in contact with children receive 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 Section 47 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 established 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, Mrs Harrison, or your child’s class teacher.

Our Child Protection Policy and Keeping Children Safe in Education document are below.

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