Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility
Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. All professionals should ensure that their approach is child centred: this means considering at all times what is in the best interests of the child. Concerns must always be logged and staff members must raise any safeguarding concerns with the appropriate safeguarding lead without delay. Parents should feel able to come and talk to any of our team, and/or the safeguarding leads named below.
Safeguarding policies: We regularly update key policies in relation to safeguarding. On our Policies Page you can find our policies for Child Protection and Safeguarding, Online Safety, Whistleblowing and other relevant policies. Our Online Safety page also has information about keeping children safe online and we also have a useful Safeguarding for Parents page with additional information. You can read here about our local, contextual safeguarding Contextual Safeguarding
Key roles in Safeguarding
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) at Churchfields Primary is Sally White
The Designated Members of Staff (DMS) are Sarah Atherton, Colin Matthews, Nicola Burnett, Katie Manzi and Lisa McAndrew
The Designated Local Governors for Safeguarding are Rachel Talmage and Karen Parkinson.
The Quality First Education Trust's Designated Trustee for Safeguarding is Karen Parkinson.
Child protection procedures
If there are serious concerns about immediate risk to a child or that a child has suffered significant harm and continues to be at risk, the school will contact the local authority and/or the Bromley Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) immediately. If a child is in immediate danger, the police will also be contacted.
For more safeguarding advice, resources and links for parents please see our safeguarding for parents page and our online safety page.
Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. All professionals should ensure that their approach is child centred: this means considering at all times what is in the best interests of the child. Concerns must always be logged.
Staff members must raise any safeguarding concerns with the appropriate safeguarding lead without delay. Parents should feel able to come and talk to any of our team, and/or the safeguarding leads named below.
Sexual misconduct in schools
Parents and carers may be aware of the national investigation into sexual misconduct within schools, partly sparked by testimonies given on the ‘Everyone’s Invited’ website. Please visit the Quality First Education Trust Safeguarding page to read more about the actions that we and our trust are taking in light of this.
If you or your child is worried about anything, please do contact the school. You can speak to our Designated Safeguarding Lead (Mrs White) or any member of staff.
You can also contact the dedicated new NSPCC helpline for children who have experienced sexual harassment or abuse at school, and for worried adults who need guidance, on 0800 136 663.