Safeguarding
We take safeguarding very seriously at St. Anne's. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mr Paul Booth. Mr John Devlin, Mrs Naomi Atkinson and Mrs Cook are also fully trained. Mrs DeMatteis and Mr McGlinchey are the named governors for Safeguarding. Please contact us at school straight away if you have any worries about children's safeguarding. Some of the policies and documents on this page may be helpful.
Signs and Symptoms of Potential Abuse
We expect all members of our school community to remain vigilant to the signs and symptoms of potential abuse and report any concerns to our Designated Safeguarding Leads. There are 4 main categories of abuse to be aware of;
- Physical Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Emotional Abuse
- Neglect
In addition to these 4 areas, the following Safeguarding issues are also high on our agenda;
- The Prevent Duty (Radicalisation & Extremism)
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
- Children Missing From Education (CME)
Our Safeguarding policies - If you require any paper copies of these policies please contact the school office.
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
Low level concerns against staff policy
Child Friendly Child Protection Policy
Outside Visitors and Agencies Policy
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions Policy
Recruitment and Selection Policy
Below are links to documents that are relevant for safeguarding children.
Working Together To Safeguard Children
What to do if you're worried a child is being abused
Disqualification Under the Childcare Act
Preventing and tackling bullying advice
Statutory framework for the Early Years
Bradford Safeguarding website link
Child Sexual exploitation: definition guide for practitioners
UKCCIS Responding to Incidents and Safeguarding Young People (Sexting)
Supporting Children with Medical Conditions
NPCC When to Call the Police Guidance For Schools
Code of Practice for the Detention, Tretament and questioning of persons by Police Officers
Searching, Screening and Confisication
Prevent Duty
As part of St Anne's commitment to safeguarding and child protection we fully support the government's Prevent Duty, and take guidance from Teaching Approaches to help build resilience to extremism.
What is the Prevent Duty?
The Prevent duty is the duty in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 on specified authorities, in the exercise of their functions, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
Click here to see the official Government guidance on the Prevent Duty (April 2021)
For further safeguarding support, please see: