Safeguarding & Online Safety
BackSt Philip's Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers.
The designated safeguarding lead is Mr Andy Joy (Headteacher)
The Deputy Safeguarding leads are Mrs Jo Coppens (Deputy headteacher) & Mrs Jo Childs-Evans (SENCo)
The nominated governor for safeguarding is Mr Tom Underhill (Governor)
The designated lead for looked after children is Mrs Jo Childs-Evans (SENCo)
Information sharing is vital to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. A key factor identified in many serious case reviews (SCRs) has been a failure by practitioners to record information, to share it, to understand its significance and then take appropriate action.
Schools have a duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism. This is referred to as Prevent.
Useful Guides and links for Parents / Carers
National Online Safety E-safety guides On Your Mind – a great resource for parents on a range of topics that including problems with eating, sleeping and relationshipsNSPCC resource for children who are being bullied
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwearulettps://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
Child Exploitation and Online Protection command - Advice about online abuse and how to report itChild Exploitation and Online Protection command - Advice about online abuse and how to report it
Nude Selfies - What parents and carers need to know
DigiSafe Conference Videos
Some helpful safeguarding videos can be found here: https://lgfl.planetestream.com/Default.aspx?catid=6
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