Safeguarding (Keeping Ourselves Safe)

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is best defined by the government as: 

'Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children's mental health and physical 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'. (Keep Children Safe in Education: Statutory Guidance for Schools and Colleges (DfE 2020). More information from the government can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2  

It is our duty to:

• Take actions to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. This is the responsibility of everyone who comes into contact with children. 
• 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.
• Take action to enable all children to have the best outcomes

At Rowsley Church of England  Primary School the main Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Alexia Wyer and our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Claire Hewitt. If you have any safeguarding concerns, no matter how small they seem, then please contact Alexia Wyer at a.wyer@peaktorfederation.co.uk.

Our committment

Our key aims are to ensure;

• We have arrangements are in place for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• All of our pupils are safe and protected from harm,
• Other elements of provision and policies are in place to enable pupils to feel safe and adopt safe practices;
• Staff, pupils, governors, visitors, volunteers and parents are aware of the expected behaviours’ and the school’s legal responsibilities in relation to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of our pupils.

Everyone at Rowsley CofE  Primary School is 

Termly Safeguarding Collective Worship:

During one Collective Worship each term there will be a focus on safeguarding, This means we will be talking to the children about how to keep themselves safe. We will help the children understand that it is their right to be happy and safe and to encourage the understanding that any problem or worry that they may have is legitimate, and to share their worries – big or small – with their trusted adult; at home, at school, or with ChildLine.  

The assemblies will be led by Mrs Wyer and the content delivered in a sensitive and age appropriate way.
 
During the Collective Worship will we aim to give children:

• An understanding of different forms of abuse, including bullying, and an ability to recognise the signs of harm or abuse
• Knowledge of how to protect themselves from all forms of abuse
• An awareness of how to get help and sources of help, including ChildLine.  

We will add the content of each safeguarding Collective Worship in the latest news section of the school website.