Every child has the right to be protected
It is everyone’s responsibility to protect children

Designated Safeguarding 

& Prevent Lead:                                                  Jane Hall

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads:           Janet Ellison, Clare Darling-Chalke

Safeguarding Governor:                                     Becca Higham

Our highest priority at All Saints Church of England Primary School is to safeguard and promote the welfare of our children.  We expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share, uphold and respect this commitment.

All Saints Church of England Primary School is committed to providing a safe and secure environment where pupils flourish. Under our Christian values of Love, Hope and Community, we recognise that Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility.

We recognise our moral and statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and understand that all  children need protection at all times from anything or anyone that may cause them harm. We work together following our Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Policy to ensure we achieve this.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding determines the actions that we take to keep children safe and protect them from harm in all aspects of their school life. The actions that we take to prevent harm; to promote wellbeing; to create safe environments; to educate on rights, respect and responsibilities; to respond to specific issues and vulnerabilities all form part of the safeguarding responsibilities of the school.

Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) is a statutory body that leads on keeping children safe and ensuring their wellbeing in the local authority (LA) area of Hampshire. The Partnership includes local agencies who work together to make sure that child protection services in Hampshire are effective and keep our children safe. Further information, including links to resources for children, parents and professionals can be found on the HSCP website: hampshirescp.org.uk.

What to do if you have concerns

If you have concerns about a child, you should report them to our DSL Jane Hall, or the DDSLs, Janet Ellison and Clare Darling-Chalke. If a child makes a disclosure to you that concerns you or indicates potential harm, do not ask questions, make notes as soon as possible, and report the concerns immediately to the Designated Safeguarding Leads in school.

If you have concerns about a member of staff or an adult, these should be reported to the Headteacher, Jane Hall.

If you have concerns about the Headteacher, these should be reported to the Chair of Governors, Alistair Duncan.

We have a designated Safeguarding Governor, Becca Higham,  who is also a trained Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Hampshire Children's Services

Members of the public

If you are a member of the public and wish to report any welfare/safeguarding concerns, please complete the online enquiry form or:

Telephone: 0300 555 1384

Out of hours: 0300 555 1373

Private fostering – local authority notification when identified

Private fostering  occurs when a child under the age of 16 (under 18 for children with a disability) is provided with care and accommodation by a person who is not a parent, person with parental responsibility for them or a relative in their own home.

A child is not privately fostered if the person caring for and accommodating them has done so for less than 28 days and does not intend to do so for longer. Such arrangements may come to the attention of school  staff through the normal course of their interaction, and promotion of learning activities, with children.

Where the arrangements come to the attention of the school o (and the school  is not involved in the arrangements), they should then notify the local authority to allow the local authority to check the arrangement is suitable and safe for the child.

The School should be notified if Private Fostering for 28 days or more is going to occur.