SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

At St Philip’s Primary Academy, we respect and value all children and are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all our pupils so they can learn, in a relaxed and secure atmosphere.  We believe every pupil should be able to participate in all academy activities in an enjoyable and safe environment and be protected from harm.  This is the responsibility of every adult employed by, or invited to deliver services at St Philip’s Primary Academy.  We recognise our responsibility to safeguard all who access the academy and promote the welfare of all our pupils by protecting them from physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect and bullying.

St Philip’s CE Primary Academy is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all our children in school. We believe that pupils have a right to learn in a supportive, caring and safe environment which includes the right to protection from all types of abuse; where staff are vigilant for signs of any pupil in distress and are confident about applying our safeguarding processes to avert and alleviate any such problems. Safeguarding is about ensuring that everyone is safe from harm – safe from bullying, safe from people who could abuse, safe from discrimination or harassment – and that we all feel safe in our environment.

We have a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy in place which contributes to our safeguarding commitment.  This can be viewed in the Key Info section of our website under General Policies.

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.

We actively support the Government's Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism. 

Our Named Persons for Child Protection are:

• Mrs Sykes (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mrs Hargreaves / Headteacher (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• Mr Hooton  (Named Person / E-safety) 

Our Designated Teacher for Looked After and Previously Looked After Children:

• Mrs Sykes