Safeguarding children is central to all we do at St Mary’s.
All staff are responsible for safeguarding but those with specific roles are:
- Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Alan Frame
- Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads: Becky Meateau & Michelle Nash
- Nominated Governor with responsibility for safeguarding: Gill Calvin-Thomas
Our school’s Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy can be found on the school policies page.
Staff log-in for safeguarding training:
Our Anti-Bullying Champion is Michelle Nash. For useful information and advice please see Kidscape and the Anti-Bullying Alliance
Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2022 – statutory guidance for schools)
Additional guidance: Prevent Duty Guidance; What to Do if You’re Worried a Child is Being Abused
NSPCC Talking Pants booklet. Excellent advice for talking to your children about how to keep safe.
A Parents’ Guide to Being Share Aware. More excellent advice from the NSPCC.
E-Safety
Our E Safety Champions are Mr Frame & Mrs Nash
Please see this post about live streaming and this post about the use of Snapchat map.
Many parents and carers seek advice on how they can help their children to ‘Stay Safe’ online outside of school. These links provide help and support for parents and carers:
Dorset Safe Schools Team publish good advice for parents in their termly newsletters.
SWGfL – A Parents’ Guide to Technology
Advice for parents about the risks and opportunities within online media: Net Aware | Common Sense Media | Ask About Games
Many excellent leaflets and resources are available from childnet.
Thinkuknow – this is the Child Exploitation and Online Protection site and it is full of advice for parents as well as games and activities for children from 5 upwards.
Thinkuknow’s youTube channel has a range of excellent films offering advice and ideas.
You can find our school E-Safety Policy on the school policies page.
page last updated: 5 December 2021
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