Safeguarding
Ditton Infant School will endeavour to support the welfare and safety of all pupils by:
- Ensuring that all adults within our school who have substantial access to children have been checked as to their suitability and are monitored consistently.
- Ensuring the content of the curriculum helps children understand how to stay safe and recognise when they don’t feel safe.
- Providing suitable support and guidance so that children have a range of appropriate adults to approach if they are in difficulties.
- Providing staff training which highlights the responsibility of all staff to safeguard children, recognise signs and symptoms of abuse and have a clear understanding of the procedures for reporting possible cases of abuse.
- Supporting the child’s development in ways that will foster security, confidence and independence.
- Ensuring steps are taken to maintain site security and children’s physical safety.
- Ensuring steps are taken to address children’s self-care, health and medical needs through plans developed in partnership with parents and the child.
- Working with parents to build an understanding of the school’s responsibility to ensure the welfare of all children including the need for referral to other agencies in some situations.
- Monitoring children who have been identified as having welfare or child protection concerns and keeping confidential records which are stored securely and shared appropriately with other professionals.
- Developing and promoting effective working relationships with other agencies, especially Children’s Social Care.
- Supporting Kent Police in using the Operation Encompass Scheme. (Operation Encompass has been set-up to help schools to provide support to children who have been present or exposed to or involved in any domestic abuse incident.)
Please use the email address below if you need to contact a Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs C Lewer - Designated Safeguarding Lead (Headteacher)
Mrs S Boxall - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (Inclusion Manager)
Miss J Davis - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (Inclusion, Attendance and Family Support Officer)
