The Senior Designated Officers for safeguarding are:
Safeguarding & Child Protection Leader Mrs Samantha Saville Head Teacher
Mrs Samantha Saville
Safeguarding & Child Protection Deputy’s
Mr Daniel Hockaday (Deputy Head)
Keeping Children Safe
Ashton Keynes C of E Primary takes safeguarding very seriously and has an extensive range of strategies for keeping children safe. These strategies extend to all who work in or with our school.
Miss Sarah Igoe
Ms Jade Smith
Mrs Anna O’Neill
To contact our DSL /DDSL’s please call the school office on 01285 861436 during school hours even if you are remote learning.
The Governor for safeguarding:
Mrs Michele Collier-Bromelow Chair of Governors
E-safety lead Miss Sarah Igoe Class Teacher
Safeguarding is checked robustly by governors who understand the prominence this must play in the work of the school. As a result, the leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose, records are detailed and of high quality and staff know what to do in any instance to protect pupils from harm. OFSTED July 2017
The Headteacher and Chair of Governors have completed training in safer recruitment and implement rigorous recruitment processes for all posts connected to the school. Our Administration Team Donna Sanderson, Helen Timbrell and Sarah Smith maintain a thorough and up to date single record of DBS checks.
Together with other leaders, staff and governors, you are fastidious in protecting pupils and raising the profile of safeguarding through the school’s work. You take every opportunity to remind staff about safeguarding alerts and updates. Effective training and induction is in place so that all staff, governors and volunteers maintain the highest levels of vigilance and awareness. OFSTED July 2017
Use the links at the bottom of this page to find out more about how to report abuse, online safety, radicalisation, well being, child sexual exploitation and female genital mutilation and to find our list of safeguarding links and downloads.
Ashton Keynes C 0f E Primary School has an on going and continuing commitment to safeguarding which includes:
- A written Child Protection Policy and AK Staff Behaviour which have been agreed with the governing body.
- This additional document contains further information alongside our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy during the school closure due to Covid-19 Schools website information; in addition to the Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy
- Two identified senior designated officers (as shown above)
- A nominated governor to champion child protection issues. (as shown above)
- Training at the appropriate level for all staff and volunteers.
- Robust staff recruitment and selection processes which safeguard children.
MASH – The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub
The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is a partnership between Wiltshire County Council, children’s social care, education and youth services, Wiltshire NHS health services, Wiltshire Police and the probation service working together to safeguard children and young people. A factsheet can be downloaded from the links and downloads section of this page.
Remember – if you are concerned about a child or young person in Wiltshire and want to speak to someone, contact the MASH on 0300 4560108 (08:45am-5pm Mon-Thurs) and (8:45am-4pm) Friday. Emergency Duty Service 08456070888 (5pm – 8.45am)and give as much information as you can.
Keeping Children Safe in Education updated, September 2018
September 2018, the Department for Education published a revised Keeping Children Safe in Education. Click here to view.
AK Visitor Security Procedures
Child Protection Volunteer Leaflet AK School 2018
Child Protection Primary School Leaflet
Protect Yourself from Cyberbullying
The changes in the revised statutory guidance relate to:
- Children missing from education
- Female genital mutilation
- Prevent
The importance of the new Prevent strategy
Prevent Terrorism & Radicalisation Leaflet
Prevent relates to the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 which came into force on 1 July 2015.
Since 1 July 2015 there has been a duty on schools to have ‘due regard to the need to Prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. This is called the Prevent duty.
At Ashton Keynes C of E Primary all our staff and Governors have completed whole school Prevent training and understand the importance of the Prevent strategy.
All our staff understand the duty they have to ensure British values are embedded into our curriculum and pastoral care to support healthy discussion and debate and to promote tolerance.
All our staff understand that any concerns re potential radicalisation and or extremism should be treated as a safeguarding issue and reported to our safeguarding team.
Our safeguarding team understand the Prevent Strategy and how to make a referral.
