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Safeguarding

Safeguarding Statement

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is committed to all aspects of safeguarding.  We believe that all children have the right to be protected from abuse and harm.  The Governing Body takes seriously its responsibility under section 11 of the Children Act and duties under 'working together' to safeguard and promote the welfare of children; to work together with other agencies to ensure adequate arrangements exist within our setting to identify and support those children who are suffering harm or are likely to suffer harm.

Our latest Safeguarding Policy can be found here - Click here

What is safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

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.

Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.

Our children's welfare is our paramount concern and, as such, we recognise that all staff and governors have a full and active part to play in protecting our pupils from harm.  We ensure that anyone, paid or voluntary, who seeks to work in our school is safe to do so. 

Our school provides a safe, caring, positive and stimulating environment that promotes the social, physical and moral development of the individual child free from discrimination or bullying where children can learn and develop happily.
 

School Safeguarding Team

If you want to know more about our procedures, please speak to one of the following:

Tel: (01993) 841 240

Ms Cheryl MacLennan-  Acting Headteacher / DSL
cmaclennan@sjc.oxon.sch.uk

Mrs Rachel Crouch - Safeguarding Governor

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Team in addition to the above:

Mrs Kim Quinn, Mrs Clare Neller and Ms Debi Davis

A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found here

Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board

We follow the procedures set out by the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board

NSPCC Learn the underwear rule.
Click here to open information by the NSPCC about how to talk to your child in simple language about keeping safe from abuse.  It's called Talk Pants And You've Got It Covered.

Educate Against Hate
This is a tool for parents and schools to help protect children from the risk of radicalisation. You can access the site here

Prevent duty training: Learn how to support people vulnerable to radicalisation
This training service is for people working in sectors covered by the Prevent duty, such as education, health, local authorities, police, prisons, probation and youth justice. 

If you are worried about a child's safety, please do not hesitate to contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) straight away.
If you are unable to speak to a member of our Safeguarding Team at school and have a safeguarding concern, please contact the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) directly who will be able to advise you.

If you have a concern about a child, please call MASH on 0345 050 7666.