Safeguarding Statement

The Governors and staff of St Mary’s Catholic Primary School take seriously our responsibility to promote the welfare and safeguard all the children and young people entrusted to our care

We have a Child Protection Policy and procedures in place and all staff, volunteers and governors must ensure they are aware of these procedures. Our policies are available for parents to read.

The Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in our school are:-

Designated Safeguarding and Prevent Lead

Nikki Bedwin - Assistant Headteacher 

nikki.bedwin@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk

Deputy DSLs

Michele Blunt - Headteacher

michele.blunt:st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk

Angela Thorogood 

angela.thorogood@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk

Nicola Samson 

nicola.samson@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk

Safeguarding Governor: Anne Locke - anne.locke@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk

If you are concerned about a child’s welfare, please record your concern and report to one of the DSLs as soon as possible. Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare.  We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.

If your concerns relate to the actions or behaviour of a member of staff (which could suggest that s/he is unsuitable to work with children) then you should report this to the Headteacher Mrs Blunt.

DfE published an update to the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) statutory guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education-2