Safeguarding
Safeguarding information about our school.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is of paramount importance and is everyone’s responsibility at St Mary’.
To view our policies in relation to safeguarding, please visit our policies page using the link below.
It is the responsibility of every member of staff, volunteer and regular visitor to our school to ensure that they carry out the requirements of this policy and, at all times, work in a way that will safeguard and promote the welfare of all of the pupils at this school. This includes the responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn.
We recognise that staff at our school play a particularly important role as they are in a position to identify concerns early and provide help for children to prevent concerns from escalating. All staff are advised to maintain an attitude of ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned. When concerned about the welfare of a child, staff members must always act in the best interests of the child.
Our school will establish and maintain an ethos where children feel secure, are encouraged to talk, are listened to and are safe. Children will be able to talk freely to any member of staff at our school if they are worried or concerned about something.
All staff and regular visitors will, through training and induction, know how to recognise indicators of concern, how to respond to a disclosure from a child and how to record and report this information. We will not make promises to any child and we will not keep secrets. Every child will know that an adult will have to share and follow procedures with any information they have chosen to disclose.
Throughout our curriculum we will provide activities and opportunities for children to develop the skills they need to identify risks and stay safe. This will also be extended to include material that will encourage our children to develop essential life skills.
At all times we will work in partnership and endeavour to establish effective working relationships with parents, carers and colleagues from other agencies in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and local safeguarding partners’ procedures.
Role | Name | Contact Details |
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Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) | Mr Joseph Wheatley | jwheatley@stmw.bwcet.com 0191 4205828/ 07842431630 |
Deputy DSL | Mrs Nicola Sanderson | nsanderson@stmw.bwcet.com 0191 4205828 |
Deputy DSL | Miss Julie Foster | jfoster@stmw.bwcet.com 0191 4205828 |
Headteacher | Mr Joseph Wheatley | jwheatley@stmw.bwcet.com 0191 4205828/ 07842431630 |
Named Safeguarding Governor | Mr Andrew Aynsley | info@stmw.bwcet.com |
Chair of Governors | Mr John Green | info@stmw.bwcet.com |
External Contact Details | |
Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) | Michelle Farry Local Authority Designated Officer/ Independent Reviewing Officer, Safeguarding Children Unit, Quality Assurance and Commissioning (Gateshead system) Gateshead Council Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead NE8 1HH 0191 433 8031 / 07597 527210 LADO@gateshead.gov.uk (referrals) safeguardingchildrenunit@gateshead.gov.uk (queries) |
Children’s social care | Gateshead Safeguarding Children’s Partnership Gateshead Safeguarding Children Partnership Ground floor Civic Centre 07395 361 053 AnnaharrisonCWL@gateshead.gov.uk The Referral and Assessment Team (R&A) – Duty System Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH 0191 433 2653 Out of Hours Social Care Duty Team 0191477 0844 |
Police / law and order | Emergency: 999 Non-emergency: 101 Prevent team Tel: 101 Email: specialbranch@northumbria.pnn.police.uk Anti-terrorist hotline 0800 789 321 |
NSPCC whistleblowing helpline (Mon-Fri 8am-8pm) | Address: Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH Helpline: 0800 028 0285 |
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) | Address: PO Box 3961, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 4HF customerservices@dbs.gov Tel: 03000 200 |
Teacher Regulation Agency (TRA) | Address: Cheylesmore House, 5 Quinton Rd, Coventry CV1 2WT misconduct.teacher@education.gov.uk Tel. Teacher misconduct: 0207 593 5393 |
OFSTED | whistleblowing@ofsted.gov.uk Whistleblowing hotline: 0300 1233 155 (8am -6pm Mon-Fri) |
Independent Schools Inspectorate | concerns@isi.net Tel: 0207 6000 100 |
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Published: September 28, 2024
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