safeguarding & E-safety
Contextual Safeguarding Introduction at Fishbourne CE Primary
Fishbourne Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do at Fishbourne CE Primary and is an essential part of the role of our school. Fishbourne Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding. We expect all those adults working and volunteering in the school to share this commitment.
We ensure that all adults, including supply staff, volunteers and contractors, within our school who have access to children have been recruited and checked as to their suitability in accordance with Part 3 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
As a result, we insist that all adults who are involved within our school in any kind of voluntary capacity have a DBS check. This includes:
*members of our volunteer army,
*governors,
*members of fundraising committees (e.g. FOFS*, the fete committee) *helpers at school events, including school trips.
We provide annual safeguarding training for regular volunteers.
The school will process requests for DBS certificates. In order to do so we require several pieces of identification. Please see overleaf for details or refer to the guidelines in the website below:
We encourage you to put in this DBS request if you think you are likely to want to volunteer in any capacity in the future.
Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.
Child Protection and Safeguarding Officer is: Mrs Naomi Day (Head Teacher)
Deputy Child Protection and Safeguarding Officers are:
Mrs Catherine Williams (Assistant Head Teacher and Y6 teacher)
cwilliams@fishbourneprimary.co.uk
Mrs Emily Harris (Assistant Head Teacher and Reception class teacher)
eharris@fishbourneprimary.co.uk
Governor Child Protection and Safeguarding Officer is: Mrs Julie Barwell (Chair)
Bishop Luffa Learning Partnership Safeguarding Lead: Mr Steve Williams
If you think a child or young person is at IMMEDIATE risk, you should treat this as an emergency and call 999 to report your concerns to the Police.
If you think a child is being abused or neglected please contact the Integrated Front Door (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub). You can contact the IFD during office hours on the details below:
Tel: 01403 229 900
Email: wschildrenservice@westsussex.gov.uk
The out of office hours (5pm – 8am weekdays) and 24-hour emergency number on weekends and bank holidays is 0330 222 6664 or email: wschildrenservices@westsussex.gov.uk
When you contact the IFD please give as much information as possible about the child you are concerned about. This will help the IFD decide the best way to respond to your concern. The information you give will be kept confidential. You can remain anonymous but it is helpful if you can give your name and details.
NSPCC whistle-blowing helpline – 0800 028 0285
West Sussex Safeguarding Children Board
Safeguarding Children – NSPCC
