Keeping Children Safe
Rudgwick Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school.
who can i talk to?
If you have a concern about a child, or situation, you can speak to any adult within the school.
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All concerns are passed through the members of staff who are trained as "Designated Child Protection Officers" in school in compliance with the "sharing of information" guidance.
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Miss Serena Nicholls
Headteacher
Designated Child Protection Officer
Mrs Hayley Edwards
Deputy Headteacher
Second Child Protection Officer
Mrs Sharon Mellors
SENDCO
Second Child Protection Officer
Mrs Joy Rolland
Named Governor for Child Protection
OUR DESIGNATED CHILD PROTECTION TEAM
If you have any serious concerns about your child or any other pupil at Rudgwick Primary, please do not hesitate to contact the Child Protection Designated Teacher who knows who to contact for the best advice and help and is experienced in using the appropriate degree of confidentiality.
safeguarding
For the best interests of all our children we use the following safeguarding measures:
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Teachers are asked to report any cause for concern to the School Safeguarding Team often verbally first, but followed up in writing – following school policy and protocol.
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All staff receive child protection training when they begin at Rudgwick.
Refresher training is carried out every year, or sooner if required.
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Any concerns will be shared with parents as early as possible. Concerns may range from children being visibly upset, to persistent lateness, to children ‘disclosing’ concerns.
attendance
Attendance at school every day is vital to a child's success. All lateness and absences are recorded. Reasons will be sought for all absence or lateness.
If your child is sick and cannot be at school, please inform the school by telephone or email first thing in the morning and each day thereafter as necessary.
Please try and arrange medical appointments during holidays or after school, but where this is unavoidable, a 'withdrawal from learning' form will need to be completed and permission sought.
Attendance is monitored through these systems and referrals to the Safeguarding Team can be made. Parents will always be informed of concerns around attendance at the earliest point.
If attendance concerns continue the school will refer to the Education Welfare Officer. There will be no authorised ‘Leave From School’, only in exceptional circumstances.
PREVENT Duty
All staff receive annual update training on the PREVENT DUTY which aims to eradicate radicalisation.
OUR CHILD PROTECTION
POLICY
2019-2020
helping to keep
children safe ONLINE
We support our pupils’ use of the internet and seek to underpin their knowledge of safe use and protection:
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We provide our pupils with an awareness of how to stay safe online both in the school environment and beyond.
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We believe that children should adhere to the certification given to games, DVDs etc. All of the games and DVDs used at school will be rated as U.
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Parental permission is sought for the use of any other material (such as appropriate clips from PG films in KS2).
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Facebook/Social media sites
Children of primary school age are not entitled to use social media sites such as Facebook. Children will not be using social media sites during school hours. -
We also ask parent/carers not to name school, staff or other children on any form of social media, or share photographs of any school events.
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Further advice for parents about keeping pupils safe online can be downloaded below.
advice for parents
Here are some useful links that parents can use to help keep children safe in the real world and online........
From talking PANTS to approaching difficult issues, the NSPCC have a range of tips and advice to help you keep children safe whether they’re at home, out and about or online.
NSPCC
SHARE AWARE
PARENT'S CHECKLIST FOR ONLINE SAFETY
NSPCC
UNDERWEAR
RULE
BULLYING
ADVICE
FLOWCHART
advice on bullying
At Rudgwick Primary School we are committed to providing a warm, caring and safe environment for all our children, so that they can learn and play in a relaxed and secure environment.
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Children are taught what behaviour is acceptable, and what behaviour is not acceptable in school to ensure that our environment is positive and safe for learning.
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Children are taught the difference between ‘rude’, and ‘mean’ behaviour and the repetitious nature of bullying.
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We are a TELLING school:
This means that anyone who knows that bullying is happening is expected to tell the staff.
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Bullying of any kind is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our school. We take all incidents of bullying seriously. If bullying does occur, everyone should be able to report it, and know that incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively in accordance with our anti-bullying policy.
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If, as a parent, you are worried about your child bullying or being bullied then we would want you to speak to their class teacher to enable the incidents to be dealt with promptly and appropriately. For more information please refer to the flowchart above.
i am a child and i don't feel safe...
If you are scared, or worried, or don’t feel safe; whether at home, or at school, you can do one of these things:
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2. In particular you can speak to:
Miss Nicholls,
Mrs Edwards,
Mrs Mellors
or Mrs Rolland
