Safeguarding

Safeguarding and online safety

Safeguarding is the responsibility of all adults and especially those working or volunteering with children.

Mr D Jenkins

Our Safeguarding Officer. You can contact them by email or by calling the school.

Safeguarding statement

Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means:

Protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health or development, ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Child Protection: is part of safeguarding and promoting student welfare. It involves measures and structures designed to prevent and respond to significant harm, abuse, exploitation and neglect.

Safeguarding includes: Child Protection, Health Care Plans, Health and Safety, Site Security, Safety on school trips and visits, Safer recruitment – School Central Record & DBS checks, online safety and associated issues, anti-bullying work, children’s & learner’s health, mental health and emotional well-being and so much more.

Changes in the national school curriculum means that e- safety is a mandatory part of children's computing education, being taught to appropriate degrees throughout their school life.

‍Wall displays have been placed in a central point within the school and also on phase group noticeboards, visually showing e- safety tips and advice to stay 'smart' whilst using the internet.

‍Children are aware of of the 'designated person' or 'e- safety officer' within the school and who to turn to if they are unsure about anything they experience online.

‍Our School will be closely working with CEOP and 'think u know', creating reporting facilities available on the school website.

‍The whole school has adopted the Zip it, Block it, Flag it approach to e- safety

Our policies

We have a suite of policies relevant to safeguarding. Here is a link to our statutory information including safeguarding and online safety policies.

eSafety

Keep an eye on your child’s internet use including email and social media (Facebook, Snapchat, etc)
Check the history folder of your internet browser to check what sites have been accessed
Consider purchasing filter software or see if your ISP (BT, Sky, Talk Talk, etc) provide their own
Protect your computer with firewall/antivirus software

All staff have been trained on how to report safeguarding and technical concerns, such as if: 

They witness or suspect unsuitable material has been accessed
They are able to access unsuitable material
They are teaching topics that could create unusual activity on the filtering logs
There is a failure in the software or an abuse of the system
There are perceived unreasonable restrictions that affect teaching and learning or administrative tasks
They notice abbreviations or misspellings that allow access to restricted material

eSafety student guidance

Never post your personal information, such as a mobile phone number, home address, or the name of your school
Be aware that information you give out through social networking sites, instant messages, emails and blogs could put you at risk of bullying or harassment
Never meet in person with anyone you first “met” online. Some people may not be who they say they are
Remember that posting information about your friends could put them at risk
Never respond to harassing or rude texts, messages and emails. Delete any unwanted messages or friends who continuously leave inappropriate comments
Never give out your password to anyone other than your parent or carer
If you would not say something to another person’s face, do not post it online!
Only add people as friends to your site if you know them in real life
Think before posting your photos. DO NOT post or send semi-nude or nude pictures of yourself or anyone else. Personal photos should not have revealing information such as school names or location
Use the privacy settings of the social networking sites

Further useful contacts:

NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children): nspcc.org.uk

Childline: childline.org.uk Contact: 0800 1111

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
Thinkuknow.co.uk
CyberMentors.org.uk
Internet Watch Foundation
GetSafeOnline.org
ParentInfo.org

Parent Zone
Parent Info is a new free service for schools and parents. Here you'll find a collection of articles, tips, expert advice and resources designed to help parents keep up with what their children are doing on-line.

Parent Info is a collaboration between The Parent Zone, which has been providing information and support to parents for a decade, and CEOP, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection command of the National Crime Agency.

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