Safeguarding Statement

 Thomas A Becket Junior School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This commitment is guided by clear whole school policy and practice, which applies to all staff and volunteers working within or on behalf of the school. We recognise that all working within our school environment have a full and active part to play in protecting our pupils.

 In order to fulfil this commitment we:

• Establish and maintain an environment in which children feel safe, secure, valued and respected, and are confident to talk openly and that they will be listened to
• Provide suitable support and guidance so that children have a range of appropriate adults who they feel confident to approach if they have worries or difficulties
• Ensure that all staff and volunteers have been appropriately checked, with regard to their suitability to work with children using safer recruitment procedures
• Implement and review procedures for identifying and reporting cases, or suspected cases, of abuse
• Support children, where concerns have been identified, in accordance with an agreed child protection plan or alternative professional multi-agency plan
• Provide learning opportunities, including within the PSHE curriculum, for children to develop increasing self- awareness, self-esteem, assertiveness and decision making so that they have a range of skills, strategies and contacts to ensure their own protection and understand the importance of protecting others

Please follow the link below for access to the policies, which include Child Protection and Safeguarding, Confidential reporting (Whistleblowing), Health and Safety, Online Safety and Medical and Welfare policies such as Medicines in School.