Safeguarding and Child Protection (Keeping Children Safe in Education)

Our first priority is your child’s welfare and therefore there may be occasions when our concern about your child means that we have to consult other agencies even before we contact you. The Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board has laid down the procedures we follow.

If you want to know more about this procedure or you have a concern about a child, please speak to the Head teacher Mrs M Elliott, Deputy Headteacher, Mr Ullah Deputy Headteacher, Mrs Riches, Miss Millar and Mrs Nicholls (SENCO) who are all Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL).

Leads for other Safeguarding matters:

Single Point of Contact (SPOC): Mrs M Elliott

Looked- After Children Lead: Mrs M Elliott

Mental Health Lead: Mrs M Elliott.

Operation Encompass key adult: Mrs M Elliott

You can also contact Children's Advice and Support Service (CASS) on 0121 303-1888 or email CASS@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk.

For all related policies, go to Parent page, Policies.

Safeguarding Curriculum

Great importance is placed on identifying opportunities in the taught curriculum for children to learn about safeguarding. Our broad curriculum gives pupils opportunities to experience life in all its diversity, to acquire knowledge, understanding and skills that significantly impact on personal development, behaviour and welfare and equips every child with the knowledge and skills required for personal safeguarding.

Safeguarding, child safety issues and child protection will be addressed through the curriculum especially through PSHE, Computing and E-Safety, Citizenship, Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) and British values.

We use a variety of resources and approaches to teach the children how to keep themselves safe, build their resilience and manage risks.

The curriculum, and in particular the PSHE and RSHE curriculum, includes an emphasis on relationships, building confidence and resilience in pupils and in developing preventative strategies to ensure their own protection and that of others. Opportunities are provided for pupils to develop the skills and strategies they need to stay safe from abuse, including age appropriate discussions about healthy relationships. Clear advice and guidance is built into the curriculum to ensure that pupils understand that there is a range of contacts they can turn to for advice and support and that they know where and how to report abuse.