Safeguarding
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, Governors and volunteers to share this commitment.
We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy which can be viewed in this section of our website.
Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child's welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare.
We actively support the Government's Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism.
Our Lady's School is also signed up to Operation Encompass which enables the Police to contact one of our DSLs by email to alert them of an incident of Domestic Abuse which has occurred within a family home. This is so we can support the needs of any child involved in an incident. For more details of Operation Encompass please click here.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is-:
Mrs Catherine Burch (Headteacher)
Our Deputy DSL is-:
Mrs Lauren O'Connor (Assistant Headteacher
SAFEGUARDING DOCUMENTS
ONLINE SAFETY
Useful Websites
- BBC Own It – a place to help you boss your life online
- Childnet International – for primary children
- Childnet International – for teachers and professionals
- Facebook Safety Centre – guides to Facebook settings
- Internet Matters – a guide to help you through the many issues children can experience when using the internet
- Internet Watch Foundation – the UK Hotline for reporting criminal online content
- NSPCC: Keeping Children Safe Online – support for parents and carers from the NSPCC
- Report Online Terrorist Material (gov.uk) – report illegal terrorist information, pictures or videos you’ve found on the internet. Your report will be treated anonymously
- ThinkUKnow – learning resource for children
- UK Safer Internet Centre: Parental Controls – how to set up parental controls offered by your home ISP
Useful Documents