Safeguarding
Safeguarding at Wroot Travis Charity C of E Primary School is given top priority. All adults in our school have a responsibility for Safeguarding our Children.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (and Child Protection Co-ordinator) is Mrs Goulthorpe (Executive Headteacher). The Designated Safeguarding Deputy is Mrs Judge (SENCO). These staff have both completed Level 3 Safeguarding Training, led by the LSCB (Local Safeguarding Children Board) and complete further training every year. Mrs Bradley is our Pastoral Manager is also part of the Safeguarding and Pastoral Team.
All staff (teachers, teaching assistants, midday assistants, admin staff and the site manager) have completed Basic Awareness of Safeguarding Training. Regular updates and reviews of practice take place. All staff attend our annual Safeguarding update session at the start of the acadmic year led by the Local Authority to ensure our knowldege and skills are up to date.
Governors take a colliegate responsibility towards Safeguarding. Safeguarding forms part of Governor meeting agendas to discuss issues around safeguarding of our pupils.
All staff recruitment panels include at least one person who has completed appropriate 'Safer Recruitment in Education' training.
All adults (staff and visitors) in school are required to sign in at the school office and to wear a visitor badge when on site.
All staff, governors, students and volunteers undertake a DBS check and staff DBS details are kept in a Single Central Record in school.
The Safeguarding Policy (and related policies) form a central part of the Staff Induction process, and all of these policies are reviewed annually. (These policies can be downloaded from the policy page of this website or hard copies are available, upon request, from the office).
We believe that it is important to make children and young people aware of behaviour towards them that is not acceptable, and our recently updated PSHE curriculum supports children in recognising when their personal safety is being compromised. The school has a range of systems to support pupils including worry boxes, pupils identifying a trusted adults in school and system, we also signposts access to support for pupils, by displaying Childline posters.
We are committed to multi-agency working, in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for all of the pupils within our school and engage with the Early Help system to support pupils and their families.
Should parents or visitors to our school have any concerns or enquiries about safeguarding issues please contact the school office for an appointment to speak to the Headteacher, Mrs Goulthorpe or Senior Teacher, Mrs Judge. If you have concerns about the safety of a child you can also contact children services on 01724 296500.
Keeping children safe in education - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) - KCSIE
This is statutory guidance from the Department for Education (the department) issued under Section 175 of the Education Act 2002, the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, and the Non-Maintained Special Schools (England) Regulations 2015. Schools and colleges in England must have regard to it when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. For the purposes of this guidance children includes everyone under the age of 18