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Safeguarding and Child Protection
Meet the Safeguarding Team:
Safeguarding Lead: Mrs A Reed (Headteacher)
Deputy Safeguarding Lead / Family Support Officer: Mrs J Mcloughlin
Deputy Safeguarding Lead / Deputy Headteacher: Mrs D Macdonald
Designated Teacher for Looked After Children: Mrs Reed
SENCO: Mrs Hands
SENCO Assistant: Mrs Seddon
Child Protection Procedures
It is the statutory duty of every school to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children. Because of their day-to-day contact with individual children during school terms, teachers and other school staff are particularly well placed to observe outward signs of abuse, significant changes in behaviour or the failure of a child to thrive. All schools must protect children from maltreatment, prevent the impairment of children's mental or physical health and development, ensure that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and take action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
All staff at school are aware of the role that they play in safeguarding children. All staff and Governors have up to date safeguarding training and complete additional training to develop their skills in certain areas. New members of staff are trained at the point of induction.
When concerns are identified we are required to inform Social Services of any incidents of concern reported to us or observed. This enables a variety of agencies to meet with the parents/carers and school to work out a plan to help the child and address any support needs. Chapelfield Primary School is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all children, staff and visitors. We also promote an ethos where adults and children feel confident in sharing low level concerns about their own welfare or the safety of others.
E-Safety
At Chapelfield Primary School we aim to prepare children for a life outside school and it is our responsibility to help educate them how to be safe in the digital world. Our E-safety policy is designed to protect and educate pupils, families and staff in their use of technology. As well as encouraging responsible behaviour with new technologies, we whole heartedly encourage the use of our reporting mechanisms to intervene and support any incident to help promote the safety of others.
For more information regarding E-Safety please see our E-Safety policy on the policies page,
Operation Encompass
Chapelfield Primary School is part of Operation Encompass. You can find out more about what this means here.
Help and advice for parents
As parents, you want to make sure that your children develop healthily and thrive. We’re here to help you with advice on how you can build strong relationships with your children and keep them safe.
In this regard we will post news articles and resources that we think useful. These will appear on our Parents Information page.
The Difference Between Safeguarding and Child Protection
People sometimes wonder what the difference is between the terms safeguarding and child protection.
In practice, Safeguarding is the policies and practices that schools and Governing Bodies employ to keep children safe and promote their well-being. This means everything from security of the buildings, to the safe recruitment of staff and everything in between.
This diagram sets out what Safeguarding means in schools:
As you can see, Child Protection is one aspect of Safeguarding. Child Protection is a term used to describe the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm.