Safeguarding at CVJS

OUR SAFEGUARDING POLICY:

The purpose of Churchdown Village Junior School’s safeguarding policy is to ensure every child who is a registered pupil at our school is safe and protected from harm. This means we will always work to:

• Protect children and young people at our school from maltreatment;
• Prevent impairment of our children’s physical and mental health or development;
• Ensure that children at our school grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
• Undertake that role so as to enable children at our school to have the best outcomes.

 CVJS Safeguarding Policy (Sept 2023)

KEY PEOPLE:

While all members of staff at CVJS play a vital role in monitoring the safety and welfare of our children, the key people are as follows:

Mark Bacon - Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Vince Costello - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

Sarah Stevens - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

OUR ETHOS

• The child’s welfare is of paramount importance. Our school will establish and maintain an ethos where pupils feel secure, are encouraged to talk, are listened to and are safe. Children at our school will be able to talk freely to any member of staff at our school if they are worried or concerned about something.

• Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play in safeguarding children. We recognise that staff at our school play a particularly important role as they are in a position to identify concerns early and provide help for children to prevent concerns from escalating. All staff are advised to maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned.

• All staff and regular visitors will, through training and induction, know how to recognise indicators of concern, how to respond to a disclosure from a child and how to record and report this information. We will not make promises to any child and we will not keep secrets. Every child will know what the adult will have to do with any information they have chosen to disclose.

• Throughout our curriculum we will provide activities and opportunities for children to develop the skills they need to identify risks and stay safe. This will also be extended to include material that will encourage our children to develop essential life skills.

• At all times we will work in partnership and endeavour to establish effective working relationships with parents, carers and colleagues from other agencies in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018).