Safeguarding

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:

• protecting children from maltreatment
• preventing impairment of children’s and learners’ health or development
• ensuring children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes

Child Protection is a part of Safeguarding and promoting welfare. It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm. Effective child protection is essential as part of wider work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. However, all agencies and individuals should aim to proactively safeguard and promote the welfare of children so that the need for action to protect children from harm is reduced. There are six main elements to our policy:

• Ensuring we practice safe recruitment in checking the suitability of staff and volunteers to work with children;
• Raising awareness of safeguarding children and child protection
• Equipping children with the skills needed to keep them safe;
• Developing and implementing procedures for identifying and reporting cases, or suspected cases of abuse;
• Supporting pupils who have been abused in accordance with his/her child protection plan;
• Establishing a safe environment in which children can learn and develop.

Wharton C E Primary School is committed to creating and maintaining a safe learning environment for children and young people, identifying where there are child welfare concerns and taking action to address them, in partnership with families and other agencies.

Our comprehensive Safeguarding Policy can be read on the School Policies page: http://wharton.cheshire.sch.uk/page/policy-documents-downloads/45376