Keeping Children Safe
Ensuring that your child feels safe and secure at school is a key priority. All staff, both teaching and non-teaching, receive regular training to make sure they have an up to date knowledge of current safeguarding best practice in schools. This includes studying and learning from ‘serious case reviews’, as well as bespoke ‘bitesize’ videos. Training is provided Clennell Education Services (CES) and by designated persons (Designated Safeguarding Leads). Governors, the Head Teacher and Office Staff also receive regular ‘safer recruitment’ training to ensure the selection process to recruit new members of staff includes important safeguarding checks. St James’ are an accredited ‘Kidsafe’ school and all pupils receive regular lessons from our trained ‘Kidsafe’ staff member Mrs Gofton. If you ever have a concern about child safety or safety on the school site, please bring it to the immediate attention of a member of staff, so it can be responded to as soon as possible.
Please refer to our safeguarding policy and our safeguarding statement below:
Safeguarding Contacts at St James Catholic Primary School
- Mrs Francesca Heslop – Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Joanna Scott – Deputy Headteacher and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs Philippa Lamb – SENCO and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) is statutory guidance from the Department for Education (DfE). It sets out the legal duties that govern all schools and colleges in England when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children under the age of 18.
Please find the current DfE documents Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) below.
Keeping children safe online
At St James we know that E-Safety plays an important role in our children’s curriculum and social wellness. We are committed to helping pupils learn how to keep themselves safe, in a rapidly changing world that is heavily reliant on the internet and the use of information technology. This guide provides specific advice for parents, carers and children on how to stay safe online.
The #WakeUpWednesday campaign is viewed as one of the most trusted and reputable learning resources in the UK, providing expert advice on the latest platforms and online risks that parents and carers need to know about through a beautifully engaging and content rich design. A new guide is released every Wednesday and published within our mental health and wellbeing section which is linked here. https://www.stjameshebburn.co.uk/wakeupwednesday/
To access a useful guide about e-safety, safe use of search engines and parental controls produced by school and CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), please follow the link below for further information. https://www.ceopeducation.co.uk/parents/