Safeguarding
St Philip’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in all circumstances and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All staff are trained annually on the latest safeguarding requirements and it is a subject which is reviewed at each of our weekly staff meetings.
We all have a duty to safeguard our children from all forms of abuse:
- physical abuse;
- sexual abuse;
- emotional abuse; and
- neglect
and also from the dangers of being drawn into extremism. All of these areas of abuse can come from online abuse and we need to safeguard our children from this too.
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.
Our Safeguarding team are:
Mrs Pullan (Lead DSL)
Mr Gall (Deputy DSL)
Click here to download a PDF version of our Safeguarding Statement.
Keeping Children Safe in Education Sept 2025
Child protection and Safeguarding Policy
Bosco Trust Safeguarding Policy (From 1st December)
Prevent information for parents
Remote Learning Safeguarding Documents
Quick Guide to Live streaming safety
Remote Learning/live streaming guidance
Quick Guide to acceptable use for children on Live Streaming
Peer Abuse Policy (child friendly) 2021
St Philips works with Operation Encompass to work with the police to support families who have experienced domestic violence.
Operation Encompass is a unique Police and Education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people exposed to domestic abuse.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools before the start of the next school day when a child or young person has been involved or exposed to a domestic abuse incident the previous evening. The information is given in strict confidence to a school’s Key Adult to enable support to be given dependent on the needs and wishes of the child. Operation Encompass is a Trauma Informed and Trauma Sensitive charity. They acknowledge and understand the impact of Domestic Abuse as an Adverse Childhood Experience(ACE)
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As well as teaching Online Safety as part of our Computing Curriculum, we also hold a ‘Safer Internet Day’ each year when children learn to stay safe online. Below is a link to a website with a guide of ‘How to keep kids safe online in 2020’
How To Keep Kids Safe Online in 2020
Safeguarding Websites
Other useful Links recommended by the NSPPC
For internet safety advice please click on the link below
http://www.internetmatters.org/