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 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