Keeping Our Children Safe at Whaley Thorns Primary School

At Whaley Thorns Primary School we all work incredibly hard to make sure our school is a welcoming place for the whole school community, where children's wellbeing, mental health and safety are our top priorities.

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Ms Place and Mrs Crook is the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Miss Wilson and Mrs Davidson are also trained DSL's.

In addition to our DSL's, the following members of staff form part of our wider safeguarding pastoral team.

Miss Tann leads on e-safety, Mrs Bower leads on RSE/PHSE, Mrs Davidson leads on attendance and Mrs Crook is our anti-bullying coordinator.

Nicola Rees is the Safeguarding Manager at T.E.A.M. Education Trust.

Please feel free to bring any concerns relating to the safety and well being of any of our children to any of these members of staff.

Whaley Thorns Primary School has policies and procedures in place to deal effectively with child protection and safeguarding issues.

To provide a safe environment for our children, our selection and recruitment processes include all statutory checks on staff, governors and regular volunteers including enhanced DBS, (disclosure and barring service), checks.

All staff are trained at a level appropriate to their safeguarding responsibilities:
All staff and governors receive annual safeguarding training to remind them of their responsibilities and ensure safeguarding protocols are followed.
Designated and Deputy designated Safeguarding Leads attend more specific training.
All staff are trained in basic first aid and a further four members of staff are trained specifically in paediatric first aid. We also have a Forest School First Aider on staff.

Ms Place and Mr Wormall, (our Safeguarding Link Governor), are trained in the safer recruitment of staff and our anti-bullying committee and Peer Listeners, are trained in active listening. They know what issues they can deal with themselves and what issues they must report.


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If you have immediate concerns about the safety or welfare of a child then please contact Call Derbyshire on 01629 533190