Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough C of E Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent, effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school. We understand we have an essential role to play in making our school community safe and secure and recognise our statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children.
Our school core safeguarding principles are:
Our safeguarding policy is based on ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education DfE guidance’ and is reviewed at least annually by the Governing Body which has responsibility for oversight of school safeguarding and child protection systems. The Designated Safeguarding Lead / Head Teacher will ensure regular reporting on safeguarding activity and systems in school to the Governing Body.
Our School Safeguarding Team
If you have any concerns about a child’s safety, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Brewin or another member of the Safeguarding Team.
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Mrs Carol Brewin - Tel: 01892 529682 or pwm@southborough.kent.sch.uk
Deputy DSL and Headteacher
Mrs Emma Savage - Tel: 01892 529682 or headteacher@southborough.kent.sch.uk
Mrs Emma Bootle, Mrs Amanda Robertson and Mrs Wendy Brian
Safeguarding Governor
Mr Patrick Carey
Chair of Governors
Mr Nick Fryer
Online Safety Leads
Mrs Emma Bootle and Mrs Amanda Robertson
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
This policy is one of a series in the school’s integrated safeguarding portfolio and should be read in conjunction with the policies as listed below:
At Southborough, we aim to equip children in becoming active participants in the world. We recognise that this world is becoming increasing technology led. Although this provides incredible opportunities for children to play, learn, create and connect, we also recognise the need to teach children, from a young age, how to stay safe.
Online safety is a large part of the computing curriculum at Southborough. At the beginning of each year, children sign an acceptable use document showing they understand how to use the computing equipment safely and appropriately. These are also displayed in all classrooms.
At Southborough Church of England School we aim to provide a supportive, caring and safe environment for pupils to learn without the fear of being bullied. Bullying is defined as deiberately hurtful behaviour repeated over a period of time, where it is difficult for those being bullied to defend themselves. Bullying is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our school.
It is very important that we work in partnership with parents to support children's learning and their emotional, social, and physical development. From time to time, during your child's 7 years at school, you may have a concern about your child that impacts on their learning or wellbeing. It is important for us to know about this as quickly as possible, in order to resolve the issue promptly and satisfactorily. We take these concerns very seriously and any teacher and parent concerns are logged and followed up by the Senior Management Team.
Please follow the procedure below if you wish to raise a concern:
If you still have a concern, please speak to Mrs Brewin (Pupil Well-being Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead), Mrs Robertson (SENCo), Mrs Bootle (Deputy Headteacher) or Mrs Savage (Headteacher).
If the concern is about the Headteacher, this should be taken directly to the Governing Body.
Mrs Savage and Mrs Bootle can often be found at the beginning of each day welcoming the children at the school gates. They are happy to chat to parents informally and will pass on information to the class teacher. The best time to see class teachers is at the end of the school day. However, if you have an urgent concern, especially relating to the health and safety of your child, please speak to our office team, Mrs Bootle or Mrs Savage as soon as possible.
The theme for this year's Anti-Bullying Week is to choose respect over bullying. Andy and the Odd Socks (Cbeebies presenter and Anti-bullying alliance patron) have written a toe-tapping song for Odd Socks Day 2018. It's called 'Choose Respect' and is the overarching theme for our Anti-bullying week this year.
Below are links to websites which parents may find informative and helpful: