Safeguarding & Child Protection
At Cheselbourne Village School we are committed to ensuring all our children are safe. Everyone working within our school in whatever capacity, has undergone an enhanced DBS check (Disclosures and Barring Service) and Safeguard Update training. All visitors are required to sign in and read through our Child Protection Summary when they come into school.
Our named persons below have undergone up-to-date Level 3 (or Governor) Safeguard training. Our Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Procedures are on display at the sign-in desk in our school office and can be viewed by the link below.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead with responsibility for Child Protection is:
Mr Chris Perry, Headteacher.
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads with responsibility for Child Protection are:
Mrs Helen Hockham, Early Years Foundation Stage Lead
Mrs Emma Collett, SEND Coordinator
The Designated Safeguarding Governor is Mr David Riddell, Chair of Governors.
Other named roles with safeguarding responsibility:
The Designated Person with responsibility for Children in Care/any Drug Issues is Mr Chris Perry
The Designated Governor with responsibility for Children in Care/any Drug Issues is Mr David Riddell
Data Protection Officer is Mr Chris Perry
E-safety lead is Mrs Emma Collett
The Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) – phone 01305 221122
We are also part of www.operationencompass.org / OE- Parent Letter (19.3.21) / Our Safeguarding OE Statement
The following policies provide detailed information about Child Protection in our school:
CVS Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 2022
Guidance for Safer Working Practices
CVS Child Protection Summary for all Visiting Professionals
DfE – Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022
DfE – Working Together to Safeguard Children
CVS E-safety policy – under information and compliance
Safeguarding Information for Parents
This online information site offers free parental resources on a range of topics. It includes online advice regarding live-streaming safety, how to protect your children from grooming on games such as Fortnite or Yubo and how to help your child manage their screen time.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
The National Crime Agency Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (NCA-CEOP) have developed a programme called Thinkuknow. It offers up to date, expert advice for children and their adults across a range of issues such as how to live stream safely and ways to monitor your child’s digital security.
The Safe Schools and Communities team from Dorset Police have a really useful Website for advice.
The Prevent Duty, Extremism & Radicalisation
All staff have received WRAP (Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent) and Prevent training. Our school Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies are linked to this and all members of the School, including Governors, adhere to this. Please see the documents below for how we support the Prevent Duty in our school:
Prevent- Guidance for CVS 2022
CVS Prevent action plan – 2022