Ditton Church of England Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our Child Protection Policy contains the following safeguarding statement:
- Ditton Junior School is a community and all those directly connected (staff, volunteers, governors, parents, carers, families and pupils) have an essential role to play in making it safe and secure.
- Ditton Junior School recognises our statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children.
- Ditton Junior School recognises the importance of providing an ethos and environment within school that will help children to be safe and feel safe. In our school, children are respected and encouraged to talk openly.
Our school’s core safeguarding principles are:
- That schools are an important part of the wider safeguarding system for children
- It is a whole school’s responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as its paramount concern
- All children (defined as those up to the age of 18) regardless of age, gender, ability, culture, race, language, religion, or sexual identity, have equal rights to protection
- All children have a right to be heard and to have their wishes and feelings taken into account
- All staff understand the safe professional practice and adhere to our code of conduct and other associated policies
- All staff have a responsibility to recognise vulnerability in children and act on any concern in accordance with this guidance
Who to Contact
If an any adult has a concern about any aspect of the welfare or well-being of a child they should inform the Designated Safeguarding Lead Mrs K Moon or another DSL and record it as a concern.
Everyone should listen; a child will disclose to a person who they trust. As a staff team we are confident in recognising, referring, responding and recording safeguarding incidents.We use the CPOMs electronic system to record these.
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