Statement of Safeguarding

The Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead person in school is:

Mrs S Knowles – Pastoral Leader

The Designated Safeguarding Team consists of:

Mr N Edensor – Headteacher

Mrs B Tidey  – Senior Deputy Headteacher

Mr S Nicholson – Deputy Headteacher

Mrs R Wilkinson – Senior Inclusion Support Worker

Mrs L Jackson – Lead SENDCo and Assistant Headteacher

Mrs M Whitaker – Inclusion Support Worker

Mrs L Leng – Inclusion Support Worker

The Designated Safeguarding Governor is:

Ms L Hegarty

If you wish to discuss or pass on any concerns you have regarding safeguarding and child protection, please contact our Safeguarding Staff through the school office on 0113 2716978 (Option 2) or by emailing IR@beestonprimary.org

Beeston Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our staff, children, governors and volunteers.

In accordance with statutory guidance all staff regularly attend Child Protection training and are aware of procedures to follow when reporting suspected incidents of abuse.

All staff are trained in evacuation and lockdown procedures and these skills are practiced with the children in school throughout the academic year.

In school we work with a number of external agencies. To safeguard and protect individual pupil’s welfare, robust safer recruitment guidelines are followed with regard to recruitment and all staff and regular volunteers undergo DBS checks to assess their suitability.

We pride ourselves on knowing not just about our children’s learning, but about them and their families as individuals and valued members of our school and local community. We work closely with the Beeston, Cottingley and Middleton Cluster to offer additional external support to families.

All adults who work in school have a responsibility to read and understand all safeguarding policies and to act within accordance of the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policy at all times. This expectation is displayed on the school’s staff noticeboard, as explained in the staff Handbook and in the visitors ‘Welcome’ leaflet. (Available to visitors at reception)

All adults are also expected to read the DfE booklet: Keeping Children Safe in Education

Further information about safeguarding children in Leeds:Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership

For help about how to talk to your child about staying safe, please click NSPCC Parent Advice