Safeguarding

Ensuring that children are safe and well cared for is our highest priority. We work with parents and other agencies, including our Local Authority, to make sure that children are kept safe, both in school and beyond.

For more information on safeguarding in our school, please see our Safeguarding policy, which details how we protect children in our setting, including Prevent duty details.

Safeguarding Policy

The principle Designated Leads for Safeguarding are:

Designated Safeguarding Leads:

Sally Kirby
Anne Marie Strachan

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads:

Catherine Westbury-Cook (Interim Headteacher)
Lesley Wilson (Nursery Manager)
Kamila Bejnar (Deputy Day Nursery Manager)
Hannah Barton (Acting head teacher on Thursdays)

Staff members with designated lead responsibility undertake regular specialist training in safeguarding and child protection.

Safeguarding Governor: Rebecca Haworth.

All members of staff and regular volunteers receive training in child protection, and we undertake comprehensive background checks on all adults working in the school.

Click here to read our Safeguarding policy (to be confirmed by governors at the first full meeting of the year).

Reporting concerns:

If you are worried about a child you can speak to Catherine, Sally or Anne Marie or another safeguarding lead directly.

Contact details:

Tel: 01865 750670

Email address: head.1011@slade-nurs.oxon.sch.uk or office.1011@slade-nurs.oxon.sch.uk

Members of the public who have concerns about a child or want advice can also contact the NSPCC Helpline, by calling: 0808 800 5000

Worried about a child?

If you are concerned about a child or young person being abused or neglected outside of the school, the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) can be contacted on one of the following numbers:

Office hours (8.30am – 5pm, Monday to Thursday, 8.30am – 4pm, Friday): 0345 050 7666
Outside office hours: Emergency Duty Team: 0800 833 408

For information on the local authority's 'Early Help offer' click here: Early Help Guide for Families

Sharing information

We recognise that all matters relating to child protection are confidential, and we take steps to protect information about children - for example by only sharing information with colleagues on a 'need to know' basis. However, all our staff have a professional duty to share information with other agencies in order to safeguard children. We will always undertake to share our intention to refer a child to Social Care with their parents/carers unless to do so could put the child at greater risk of harm, or impede an investigation. For more details on information sharing please see our safeguarding policy.