Safeguarding Statement

The Governing Body is committed to:

• safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
• promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs.

and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.

In order to do this a wide range of measure are put in place through the implementation of safeguarding policies including the school's Child Protection Policy which is in line with Essex County Council's Child Protection and Safeguarding Procedures.

The Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs C Branton.

The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are  Mrs Youngblood and Mrs Dockerill

ONLINE SAFETY RESOURCES

We recognise that the majority of children will not be physically attending school and that it is likely they will be spending longer periods of time online, which may increase their vulnerability.  Therefore We have provided parents with information on how to keep their children safe online and resources to support them to do this. Particularly useful websites are:

(Click on the links below)

• ​CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection)
• Childnet 
• Internet Matters​
• Net Aware 
• NSPCC​
• Parent Info​ 
• Safer Internet ​

• Thinkuknow - for advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online
• Childline - for support

More Safeguarding Information For Parents