Safeguarding
Schools, colleges, early years and childcare settings, and other educational providers have a pivotal role to play in safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. Our insight and co-operation are vital to the successful delivery of multi-agency safeguarding arrangements. The staff in our school, working in our education setting play an important role in building relationships, identifying concerns and providing direct support to children. They may be the first trusted adult to whom children report safeguarding concerns.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:
- providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge
- protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online
- preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
- promoting the upbringing of children with their birth parents, or otherwise their family network through a kinship care arrangement, whenever possible and where this is in the best interests of the children. (Kinship care arrangements are defined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023-page 158/159)
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes in line with the outcomes set out in the Children’s Social Care National Framework
View our full safeguarding policy using the link on this page.