Safeguarding
Pilgrims' Way's Safeguarding Team
Emma Campbell (Designated Safeguarding Lead) - Headteacher
Richard Minton (Deputy DSL) - Deputy Headteacher
Hellen Fennell - (Deputy DSL) - Family Liaison Officer
Safeguarding Governor - TBC
Kent Safeguarding Advisory Service 03000 418503
The Governors and staff of Pilgrims' Way Primary School take seriously our responsibility to promote the welfare and safeguarding of all children entrusted to our care.
Our Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found by clicking here.
Our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) have overall responsibility for child protection practice in school.
As part of the ethos of the school we are committed to:
- Maintaining children’s welfare as our paramount concern
- Being an important part of the wider safeguarding community system for children
- Providing an environment in which children feel safe, secure, valued and respected; confident to talk openly and sure of being listened to
- Providing suitable support and guidance so that pupils have a range of appropriate adults who they feel confident to approach if they are in difficulties
- Using the curriculum to provide opportunities for increasing self-awareness, self-esteem, assertiveness and decision making so that students have a range of contacts and strategies to ensure their own protection and understand the importance of protecting others
- Working with parents to build an understanding of the school’s responsibility to ensure the welfare of all children including the need for referral to other agencies in some situations
- Ensuring all staff and volunteers are able to recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and are aware of the school’s procedures and lines of communication
- Monitoring children and young people who have been identified as “in need” including the need for protection; keeping confidential records which are stored securely and shared appropriately with other professionals
- Developing effective and supportive liaison with other agencies including Early Help.
If you have a concern about the safety of a child then please contact any of the school Designated Safeguarding Leads straight away.
Useful Links
Kent Safeguarding Children - Multi Agency Partnership - committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children who live in Kent.
Kent Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) - education safeguarding support to Kent education settings and the wider children's workforce.
Operation Encompass - A local project to supporting families and children who experience domestic abuse (please talk to our Family Liaison Officer for further information on this initiative)