Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School
Safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School makes every effort to ensure that pupils are provided with a safe and secure learning environment. This means ensuring that children are not put in any position where they are vulnerable to abuse or neglect. We enforce a school safeguarding policy for permanent and temporary staff members, volunteers and all school visitors.
It is our duty to ensure that our school pupils are provided with the highest protection whilst in our care. As part of our safeguarding policy we appoint a designated safeguard lead (DSL) to oversee the child protection and safeguarding provision in our school. The designated person is a member of the senior leadership team.
When the senior person is absent or unavailable, the deputy designated people takes up their responsibilities.
It is the duty of the school to ensure that the training and professional development of the DSL and deputy DSLs is ongoing, in order to enable them to deal effectively with changing child welfare concerns and the extra responsibilities that the job requires. This means being able to identify possible abuse, and knowing the right level of action to take, depending on the individual situation and circumstances.
The school will ensure that the DSL attends relevant new or refresher training throughout their time in this role to make sure that they are up to date with all statutory policy and legislation and in the best position to deal with concerns, incidents and allegations, as well as feed back to the rest of the school staff, including school governors, on updated safeguarding provisions and policies, and any available support resources.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School’s key personnel for safeguarding children:
The designated lead for child protection is Danuta Girton
Contact details: email: dgirton@olmc.thedcet.com tel: 01963 32660
The deputy designated lead is:-
Sally Elvish
Contact details: email: selvish@olmc.thedcet.com tel: 01963 32660
Sara Stephenson
Contact details: email: sstephenson@olmc.thedcet.com tel: 01963 32660
Sheila Loftus
Contact details: email: sloftus@olmc.thedcet.com tel: 01963 32660
The nominated child protection governor is Kate O'Gara
Contact details: email: KOGara@thedcet.com tel: 01963 32660.
The Headteacher is Danuta Girton
Contact details: As above
Report a concern
If you are worried about a vulnerable child and would like our help, please don’t stay silent. Children's Social Care on 0300 123 2224 childrens@somerset.gov.uk Police: 101 or in an emergency 999
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