Safeguarding

At Boughton Leigh Infant School we take safeguarding and the safety of children very seriously.

Under the Education Act 2002 (Section 175 for maintained schools), schools must make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Parents/carers should know that the law (Children Act 1989) requires all school staff to pass on information which gives rise to a concern about a child’s welfare,

including risk from neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse. Staff will seek, in general, to discuss

any concerns with the parent/carer and, where possible, seek their consent to make a referral to

Children’s Social Care if that is considered necessary. This will only be done where such discussion

will not place the child at increased risk of significant harm. The school will seek advice from

Children’s Social Care when they have reasonable cause to suspect a child may be suffering or likely

to suffer significant harm. Occasionally, concerns are passed on which are later found to be

unfounded. Parents/carers will appreciate that the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead carries

out their responsibilities in accordance with the law and acts in the best interests of all children.

The designated lead for safeguarding is:     

Andrew Moorcroft (Headteacher).

The deputy designated leads for safeguarding are:     

         Claire Blood (Deputy Headteacher)   

Becky Stretton (Assistant Headteacher)         Alex Smelt (Learning Mentor) .

The governor with responsibility for safeguarding is: Anna Barnes.

If you have any concerns regarding the safeguarding of a child please contact the designated lead or one of the deputy leads in their absence. If the concern is regarding the Headteacher please contact the Matthew Blood- Chair of Governors or the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) on 01926 745376. 

Prevent Strategy

What is Prevent?

Prevent is part of CONTEST, the Government’s strategy to address terrorism. The main aim of Prevent is to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Prevent focuses on all forms of terrorist threats.  E.g. international terrorism, far right extremists (among others).

The Government’s Prevent strategy can be found at the following address: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Three key themes

The Police, Local Authorities, and our partner organisations are working together to help strengthen and empower our communities to reject those who want to cause harm. We work together and focus on three key themes:

• Safeguarding vulnerable individuals through the provision of advice and support and intervention         

   projects.

• Working closely with institutions such as Universities, Schools, Prisons, Health, Charities and faith     

   establishments.

•  Challenging terrorist ideology by working closely with other local and national agencies, partners and     

   our communities

Prevent Team

The Prevent Engagement Team of officers and police staff aim to encourage discussion ensuring that terrorism is prevented from taking root in our communities. They support the wider engagement activities already taking place in schools, places of worship and community groups.

Through this work they aim to strengthen communities in order to challenge the ideologies and messages of hate which lead to terrorism.

How you can help?

It is important that we all work together, so that we can protect our communities. There are many ways you can help:

• You can get in touch with your local neighbourhood or Prevent team for advice and support, if you are

  worried about someone you know who you believe may be vulnerable to radicalisation

• You can speak to your local officers or Prevent contact about helping run community events to bring

  people from different communities together

• You can provide facilities that could help us and our partners hold community engagement events.

PLEASE READ OUR PREVENT LEAFLET IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR POLICY ON 'SAFEGUARDING' AND 'CHILD PROTECTION'.