Safeguarding
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Gail Bowskill and our backup DSL is Tracey Howarth.
Our safeguarding governor is John Gordon.
We believe that the purpose of safeguarding is to ensure every child at Caton Primary School is safe and protected from harm. The Department for Education (DfE) ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (KCSIE September 2021), states that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as:
- Protecting children from maltreatment.
- Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development.
- Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.
- Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Our safeguarding procedures give clear direction to all stakeholders about expectations and our legal responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children at our school. For further information, please read our Safeguarding Policy.
Operation Encompass
Our school is part of Operation Encompass. This is a Police and Education Early Intervention Safeguarding Partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Abuse.
Online Safety
As our school becomes increasingly active in the world of digital learning, communication and content (blogging, Twitter, website, email, ‘the cloud’ etc) there is a real need to recognise that digital technologies are used by people in ways that can create very serious difficulties (or worse) for children.
We also recognise that an increasing number of children access a range of devices in and out of school. These may include access to mobile devices, such as tablets and smart phones, on a frequent basis. This tools can be invaluable but they also come with risks.
As a school we do all we can to safeguard children and to promote new ways of working. To this end, we regularly evaluate our policy and procedures to ensure that we keep up-to-date with technological changes and advances.
There is a wealth of useful online safety information for parents in a variety of sources. Please see below some useful links that may help you to tackle online safety at home.
Online Safety Support for Parents
We hold regular workshops to support parents in helping their children to stay safe online. Click on the link below to see the slides from our last two online safety workshops. The most recent workshop took place on 15th March 2022.
Children and Screen time top tips
Internet-Matters-Digital-Wellbeing-Index-2022
Giving your child a smartphone
Selfies – five conversation starters
Your child’s digital footprint handout
Further information on online safety can be found at the following address:
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers