Definition of Safeguarding

‘Keeping children safe in education’, DfES, 2016, defines safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children as:
‘Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health
or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with
the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to
have the best outcomes’.

Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm. It relates to aspects of school life including:

• Pupils’ health and safety
• The use of reasonable force
• Meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions
• Providing first aid
• Educational visits
• Intimate care
• Internet or e-safety
• Appropriate arrangements to ensure school security, taking into account the local context

Safeguarding can involve a range of potential issues such as:

• Bullying, including cyberbullying (by text message, on social networking sites, and so on) and prejudice-based bullying
• Racist, disability, and homophobic or transphobic abuse
• Radicalisation and extremist behaviour
• Child sexual exploitation
• Sexting
• Substance misuse
• Issues that may be specific to a local area or population, for example gang activity and youth violence
• Particular issues affecting children including domestic violence, sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation and forced marriage

Safeguarding at Roseberry Primary School

Policy

Click here to view our Keeping Children Safe in School Policy.

Procedure

• If a concern is raised regarding a child a report will be completed on CPOMS – this is then given to one of the safeguarding leads named above. The decision of the next step is then made and recorded
• If a concern is raised regarding a member of staff this must be given to the Headteacher
• If a concern is raised regarding the Headteacher this must be given to the Chair of Governors
• All of these concerns are taken very seriously and correct procedures are followed as stated in our Keeping Children Safe in School Policy which can be found on our Policies page

Visitors to Roseberry Primary School

• All visitors are expected to sign in the visitors’ book and will be given a badge to identify them as a visitor
• Regular visitors are provided with an induction booklet to ensure they follow school protocol