Safeguarding Children is Everybody's Responsibility

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as: protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm. It relates to aspects of school life including:

• pupils’ health and safety
• the use of reasonable force
• meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions
• providing first aid
• educational visits
• intimate care
• internet or e-safety
• appropriate arrangements to ensure school security, taking into account the local context

At St Cuthbert's our DSLs are:

• Mrs A Ali- Pupil Wellbeing Co-Ordinator
• Mrs E Coolican- Headteacher
• Mrs L Taylor- Deputy Headteacher
• Mrs C Parker- Assistant Head and SENDCO

Are you concerned that a child is being abused or neglected?

If you are concerned about a child and you feel they are being abused, neglected or at risk of abuse/neglect, then you should consider making a safeguarding child referral.

Contact Blackburn with Darwen Multi Agency Safeguarding HUB (MASH) for confidential advice and consultation. Monday to Friday 08.45-17.00 please call:

01254 666400

If you are calling outside these hours please contact our Emergency Duty Team on 01254 587547.

You can contact the Blackburn with Darwen Local Safeguarding Children Board, which is now part of Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire Children's Safeguarding Assurance Partnership (CSAP). by following this link:

http://www.lscb.org.uk

You can also report your concerns online:

NSPCC Website: www.nspcc.org.uk

Or you can also speak to:

NSPCC 0800 800 5000

Childline 0800 1111

• Keeping Children safe online Here is a link to some guidance about how to keep your children safe online and set appropriate parental controls.

Click on the picture to be taken to the new Prevent website aimed at family and friends for information and sharing concerns that a friend or loved one might be vulnerable to radicalisation.

• Digital Parenting Online safety information for parents

Web Filtering

All internet searches are monitored through Schools Broadband. Any inappropriate searches are blocked and school receive a daily report outlining searches that have taken place on the school broadband.

Additional information on Online Safety can be located in the Parents section.

Safeguarding Training for Staff

All Staff and Governors receive annual safeguarding training which includes updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education and other statutory legislation.

All safeguarding documentation is read and understood (signed) by all the teaching staff, non-teaching staff and governors of St Cuthbert's C of E Primary School.

The Senior Leadership Team are responsible for the recording, implementation and tracking of all statutory updates and training requirements.

The Deputy Headteacher carries out induction meetings with newly appointed staff to ensure key messages, policies and procedures are followed.

Ongoing monitoring of recording systems ensures that training issues are quickly identified and addressed.