What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

Safeguarding means:

• protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
• preventing harm to children’s health or development
• ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.

Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.

Safeguarding at St. Christopher's Catholic Primary School

Governors and staff at St. Christopher's share an objective to help keep the children safe by contributing to:

• Providing a safe environment for them to learn

• Identifying children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm and taking appropriate action with the aim of making sure that they are kept safe both at home and in the education setting.

To achieve this objective, we:

• Aim to prevent unsuitable people from working with the children

• Promote safe practice and challenge any poor or unsafe practice

• Identify instances where there are grounds for concern about a child’s welfare and initiate or take appropriate action to keep them safe

• Contribute to effective partnership working between all those involved in providing services for our children.