Safeguarding
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Safer Internet Guide for Parents and Carers
Brierley CE (VC) Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the wider school community to share this commitment.
School Policies and Procedures
For full details regarding our child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures please refer to the respective policies on our school policies page.
Who To Contact With Concerns
Should you have any concerns relating to the safety and welfare of a child at the school you should immediately contact our designated person(s) for safeguarding:
Mrs Benson (Designated Senior Person for safeguarding children)
Mrs Gough (Deputy Designated Senior Person for safeguarding children)
Mrs Holroyd (Safeguarding Officer)
Fr P Cartwright (Safeguarding Governor)
Should you have any concerns in terms of Safeguarding relating to the behaviour of a member of staff, you should immediately contact the designated person as above. If the allegation concerns the Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher please contact Fr P Cartwrigth, Chair of Governors and Safeguarding overnor.
Should you feel that your concerns have not been dealt with appropriately by the School/Chair of Governors, you should contact the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO).
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.
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.
Help and Advice Resources
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.
We take e-safety very seriously at Brierley. Because we use web based resources we think it is extremely important you understand your responsibility in keeping safe on-line and understand some of the dangers and how to avoid them.