Safeguarding

St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to the completion of an Enhanced DBS check.

All staff have regular safeguarding training and they have all read the guidance in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.  All staff and visitors are made fully aware of the procedures to follow if they are concerned about the wellbeing of a pupil.

Our Safeguarding Team

We have a safeguarding team of senior leaders who are trained as Designated Safeguarding Leads with the Local Authority: 

Mr D Gates             Designated Safeguarding Lead                        Associate Headteacher

Mrs H McCann        Designated Safeguarding Lead                        Associate Headteacher

Mrs J Febvre          Alternate Designated Safeguarding Lead        Assistant Headteacher

Our link safeguarding governor is Mr David Matthews, who can be contacted via the school office. 

If you have any concerns relating to the safeguarding of the children or adults in school then please contact a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) via the school office.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Working Together to Safeguard Children 

Working Together to Safeguard Children

Cyber Security standards for schools

Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges

Prevent

The PREVENT leads are Mr D Gates and Mrs H McCann.

Early Help Offer

At St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School we understand that from time to time family life can have its complications.  These may be the times when you need some extra help. To support and advise you at such times we have an Early Help Offer.

The Inclusion and Safeguarding Team can offer advice on a range of concerns or can signpost parents to other sources of information, help and support.

What sort of concerns might parents share with our team?

A wide range of issues such as behaviour management, financial worries and debts, domestic abuse, housing concerns, mobility difficulties, bereavement and loss, cyber bullying - in fact any concerns which you are worried might be having a negative impact on your child(ren). 

What might we offer in response to your concerns?

• The school's mental wellbeing hub - triage system of support
• Inclusion Manager  0.8 FTE (Social Work and Thrive Practitioner trained)
• Family support for a plethora of issues including, housing, finances, emigration and parenting.
• Senior Mental Health Lead
• 1 x trained Forest Schools Practitioner
• 2 x Drawing and Talking Practitioner
• 2 x ELSA Trained
• Lunchtime Club for vulnerable pupils or pupils who struggle with the playground
• Comprehensive induction program for children starting Reception class
• Signs of Safety toolkit
• Bespoke learning interventions e.g. reading, maths, phonics
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Parent Information (academic and pastoral, eg Phonics workshops, County Lines workshops)
• Forest School
• Gym Trail 
• Government Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
• Government milk scheme
• Free school meal vouchers for school holidays
• 2nd Hand Uniform
• Educational Welfare Officer 
• Curriculum provision from outside agencies support our children in learning how to keep themselves safe

Who might the school refer to?

• The Early Help Team
• Children and Young People's Services
• County Inclusive Support Service
• Counselling Services
• School Nurse
• Speech and Language Therapist 
• Educational Psychologist
• Young Carers
• SENDAT
• SENDIAS
• Local Authority Family Services team
• Educational Welfare Officer

Contact us when you have a concern which is affecting your child(ren).  We will always try and see you quickly or give you a call to find out what the problem is and arrange to meet and discuss it with you.