Safeguarding
What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.
Safeguarding means:
- protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
- preventing harm to children’s health or development
- ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
- taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes
Child protection is part of the safeguarding process. It focuses on protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. This includes child protection procedures which detail how to respond to concerns about a child.
Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.
Sheffield Safeguarding Children
Sheffield Safeguarding Children provide guides for parents on their Information for Parents, Carers and Families page, this includes information and link covering areas from online safety, child protection and what to do if you are concerned about a child.
All of our staff work together to ensure safeguarding is paramount, we also have designated staff in school who work alongside our families, external agencies and the Sheffield Safeguarding Team. If you have any concerns you would like to discuss please feel free to speak to our designated safeguarding team.
“Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education that gives our children the very best chance of succeeding in life.”
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