Safeguarding
(Online Safeguarding is found here. )
Every person who works with our children understand their responsibility in keeping children safe and should be confident in how they will do that.
Our school community has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are our pupils. This means that we have Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures in place, which we refer to as a matter of routine. All staff, including our volunteers and supply staff, must ensure that they are aware of our procedures.
Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will always ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with their parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that this is not in the child’s best interests or a child is at significant risk or in immediate danger.
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.
If you have any concerns regarding the welfare of a pupil, please report it to a designated Safeguarding Leader (DSL) Mr Blackwood or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leaders (DDSL) Miss Rose.
Please click here for the July 2018 update of ‘Working together to safeguard children'
See below for our Child Protection Manual, Child on Child Abuse Policy, Keeping Children Safe In Education September 2023 and recent letters regarding Safeguarding, sent to all parents / carers :
Prevent Strategy
As part of Cliffe VC Primary School’s ongoing safeguarding and child protection duties we are fully behind the government’s Prevent Strategy. All staff have received ‘Prevent’ training and understand about and how to deal with any issues they may see inside or outside school.
Please click here for a link to the official government document.
The Curriculum
One of our key priorities is teaching children to keep themselves safe. This is done through the curriculum all year round.
Our teaching includes:
Online Safety (e-safety)
Bikeability
Food Safety
Water Safety
Road Safety
Sex and relationships education
Stranger danger
Crucial Crew
NSPCC workshops
