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.

Should you have a safeguarding concern regarding a student or the school during school hours please contact your child’s pastoral leader in the first instance or telephone the school and ask to speak to a member of the safeguarding team. Please note that school does not provide safeguarding provision for students out of school hours or during school holidays.

Please use the resources on SAFEGUARDING area of our website for further support and advice for parents who are concerned about their child.