Safeguarding

Graveley Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

• We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support children, families and staff at school.

• We ensure that all staff receive appropriate training, guidance and support to undertake the effective safeguarding of children.

Any concerns are passed through the designated safeguarding leaders within the school.

(Awaiting photo) Mrs Paige McNeilly (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

(Awaiting photo) Mrs Katie Adams (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

The safety and wellbeing of all children and young people is of paramount importance. Parents and carers send their children to school each day with the expectation that the school provides a safe and secure environment in which their children can flourish. We, therefore, have to ensure that this expectation becomes reality. In order to achieve this, a wide range of measures are put into place:

The Governing Board keep these policies under regular review. They ensure the Head Teacher provides termly updates on safeguarding as part of her report to Governors. The Governing Board appoints a named Governor for Child Protection and Looked After Children.

Our school is proud to be part of OPERATION ENCOMPASS, a national initiative that supports children and young people affected by domestic abuse.

Through Operation Encompass, the police can notify the school when a child has been exposed to a domestic abuse incident which enables us to provide the appropriate support and care for the child at the earliest opportunity.

We are committed to ensuring that all our pupils feel safe, supported and listened to. Any information shared with us is treated sensitively and managed in line with our safeguarding policy and procedures.

Safeguarding children and young people is everyone’s responsibility.

0300 123 4043 – call the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership anytime if you’re a child or young person being abused or mistreated, or if you’re an adult worried about a young person.

Call 999 if you’re in immediate danger or a crime is being committed