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Safeguarding Curriculum
Safeguarding and the promotion of British Values is central to our work at our school. We plan to constantly challenge children to think deeply about safeguarding matters and their own personal physical and mental wellbeing.
Priority on identifying opportunities in the structured and unstructured curriculum for children to learn about safeguarding is core to our school.
Our unique curriculum and values give pupils opportunities to experience life in all its diversity, to acquire resilience, knowledge, understanding and skills that significantly impact on personal development, behaviour, welfare and safety and equips every child with the knowledge and skills required for personal safeguarding.
Our outdoor learning offers a unique opportunity to learn about safety in our locality including understanding risks.
Our PSHE curriculum covers many different areas of Safeguarding including RSE (Relationships and Sex Education), drugs and alcohol education, anti-bullying, healthy relationships, citizenship and health education. We are sensitive in our teaching and recognise that some more sensitive subjects need to be taught at an age appropriate level, or at a small group or 1:1 level where a more urgent need arises.
Safeguarding opportunities are planned into the curriculum, for example:
- Safeguarding Assemblies
- Road and beach safety (including school visits, bikeability, work with police officers in the community)
- Poolside and water safety through swimming lessons
- Fire awareness (including visits to and from the local fire service)
- Visits to school from medical staff
- Visitors from charities such as NSPCC
- Work from local voluntary sector services particularly around safe transition to Secondary school
- Online safety and the use of social media
Online Safety
It is really important that we keep our staff, pupils and families safe online. Every class is taught about online safety and we regularly hold events to further raise awareness.
At our school we use the Safer Schools App. Safer Schools supports our staff, pupils and school community, providing up-to-date online safety safeguarding information. It is designed to support and protect children by educating and empowering them both at school and at home. Through the logins, pupils can receive information that is relevant to them and parents will receive tips and advice on how to keep children safer online. Scan the QR code below to download the app.
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| The 4 Digit Entry Code for Parents/Carers is 7675. | The 4 Digit Entry Code for Students is 4898. |
Parents/Carers Quick Start Guide
Our school uses Smoothwall to monitor and filter the internet. Smoothwall sends alerts directly to the Safeguarding Leads to allow for an immediate response.
If you are worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online, make a report to one of CEOP's Child Protection Advisors
Acceptable Use for Students Policy
What harms might your child experience online?
You may have concerns about specific harms which children can experience online. There are more resources to help you understand and protect your child from different harms online, including:
- child sexual abuse
- exposure to radicalising content
- youth-produced sexual imagery (‘sexting’)
- cyberbullying
- exposure to age-inappropriate content, such as pornography
- exposure to harmful content, such as suicide content
Resources for Parents & Children
Report Harmful Content (RHC)
The RHC button is an asset of SWGfL, a charity working internationally to ensure that all benefit from technology, free from harm.
It has been developed to offer anyone living in the UK a simple and convenient mechanism for gaining access to reporting routes for commonly used social networking sites, gaming platforms, apps and streaming services alongside trusted online safety advice, help and support. It also provides access to an online mechanism for reporting online harm to the RHC service for those over the age of 13, where an initial report has been made to industry, but no action has been taken. RHC will review content in line with a site's community standards and act in a mediatory capacity where content goes against these.
Children under 13 years of age are encouraged to tell an adult that they trust about what has happened and to ask for their help in reporting this using our " How We Can Help " resource together.
RHC also has advice and links to reporting routes for other online harms people may come across or face, such as impersonation, privacy violations and intimate image abuse. The RHC button provides a gateway to the RHC reporting pages, an area of the RHC website offering:
- links to reporting routes on commonly used sites for 8 types of online harm
- help, advice and support on what to do if experiencing or witnessing harm online
- signposting to industry partners reporting forms and the ability to report legal but harmful content directly to RHC for further investigation
Reporting to Report Harmful Content
Reports can be made 24/7 through the online reporting forms, and helpline practitioners will review and respond to reports within 72 hours between 10 am and 4 pm Monday to Friday.
Reports can be made to RHC by anyone over the age of 13. SWGfL operates 3 helplines, and to be sure you're getting the right support, take a look at the link below to find out who can best support you.
Child Sexual Abuse
If you are concerned, call 999 if you believe they are in immediate danger or report it to the NCA-CEOP:
These resources provide information and support for parents and carers on what to do if you’re worried about child sexual abuse:
- You can contact the NSPCC helpline (0808 800 5000) for support and advice if you have concerns about your own or another child’s safety. Together, we can tackle child abuse campaign also provides information on the signs of child abuse and neglect.
- If you see sexual images or videos of someone under 18 online, report it anonymously to the Internet Watch Foundation, which can work to remove them from the web and help to identify victims and survivors.
- You can contact Stop It Now! for information and advice if you have concerns about someone’s behaviour, including children who may be displaying concerning sexual behaviour.
- You can contact The Marie Collins Foundation help@mariecollinsfoundation.org.uk for support, including advice and individual counselling, for your child if they have been subjected to online sexual abuse - support is also offered to parents and carers.
Radicalising Content
If you are concerned that any family member, friend or loved one is being radicalised, you can call the police or 101 to get advice or make a Prevent referral, so that they can get safeguarding support. Support is tailored to the individual’s needs and works in a similar way to safeguarding processes designed to protect people from gangs, drug abuse and physical and sexual exploitation. Receiving support through Prevent is voluntary, confidential and not any form of criminal sanction.
Educate Against Hate Parents’ Hub provides resources and government advice for parents and carers on keeping young people safe from extremism, including online.
Educate Against Hate Parents' Hub
Any member of the public can report terrorist content they find online through the GOV.UK referral tool. More information about what to report and what happens when you make a report can be found on the Action Counters Terrorism campaign.
‘Sexting’ (Youth-Produced Sexual Imagery)
If you are worried about your child sending nude images or videos, NSPCC provides advice to help you understand the risks and support your child.
If your child has shared nude images, Thinkuknow by NCA-CEOP provides advice on talking to your child and where to get help.
Cyberbullying
If you are concerned about cyberbullying, speak calmly with your child and reassure them that they are not alone. Encourage them to save evidence, avoid responding, and block/report the user- as a parent you can report this to the police. Please also inform the school so we can support and take appropriate action. You can also report to our school safeguarding team at:
Age-Inappropriate Content and Parental Controls
If you have downloaded new apps or bought new technology to help stay connected at this time, remember to review and adjust privacy and safety settings if you or your child is signing up for a new online service.
Internet Matters has provided step-by-step guides on how to set up parental controls so that you can control what content your child can access online.
The UK Safer Internet Centre has developed guidance on how to switch on family-friendly filters to prevent age-inappropriate content being accessed on devices in your home.
The NSPCC provides more information for parents or carers with concerns about their child seeking inappropriate or explicit content online.
Apps To Help Children Stay Safe Online
The BBC have a website and app called Own It. The website has a lot of content for children to help them navigate their online lives, and the free smartphone app comes with a special keyboard which can provide help and support in the moments that children need it the most. It can be downloaded for free in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Suicide Content
If you are worried that someone you know is suicidal, including your child, Samaritans provides advice on how you can support others.