Safeguarding policy

Dalton St Mary’s C of E Primary School is committed to ensuring all children are safeguarded and that pupil welfare is paramount. As a consequence Dalton St Mary’s C of E Primary School will;

• Establish and maintain an ethos where children feel secure and are listened to in an open and positive school atmosphere
• Ensure that children have an identified, trusted adult in school who they can approach if they are worried or in difficulty
• Plan opportunities and activities into the curriculum for personal, social, health and citizenship development which will equip children with the skills they need to stay safe
• Will make any referrals necessary to the Local Authority to ensure the well being of a pupil is safe-guarded, wherever possible we will keep parents informed
• If the LA involve the police they have the right to speak to a child without parental consent when it is in the best interest of the child
• Ensure that children’s identities and images are protected with regard to published information on the school, particularly on web-sites and in the media
• Ensure that the school is always a safe environment

In addition the school will fully comply with national and local statutory duties and guidance.  Staff are aware of their responsibilities in regard to PREVENT duty.

In brief;

We have clear clear outcomes for children, all of which the school will endeavour to promote for each pupil:

• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well being