Safeguarding
Our designated safeguarding lead is
Gareth Bridge, Executive Headteacher.
Our deputy designated safeguarding leads are
Emma Winter, Assistant SENCO
And
Nikki Martyn: HLTA
More information on our specific safeguarding policies can be found at...
Safeguarding | Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust
Resources for parents:
Here at Black Torrington Primary School we firmly believe it is everyone's responsibility to keep children safe.
Therefore we have included some useful resources for families below which may help to support you or another family who needs support. We also encourage families to speak to us should they have any concerns about a pupil. However, we also encourage families to know that anyone can make a referral to the police through 999 in an emergency or through 101 should a child be in immediate danger. Families can also gain safeguarding support through the Devon Front Door MASH team on tel:03451551071. We work with this team on a regular basis who can advise on steps to take should you be concerned in any number of situations.
The Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership (Devon SCP)
More information about Child Protection nationally, can be accessed at:
EARLY-HELP-LEAFLET.PDF
HOME-ALONE-GUIDE-KEEPING-CHILD-SAFE.PDF
PANTS.PDF
The internet is incredible and opens up a whole world of exciting possibilities for both children and adults. But as adults, how do we keep track of what children are accessing and how do we make sure they’re staying safe?
E-Safety is an important part of keeping the children safe therefore E-Safety is taught to all pupils to show them how to stay safe online. We have security measures in place in school to help safeguard pupils from potential dangers or unsuitable material.
Help for parents and carers
There are lots of websites which can show you how to keep your child(ren) safe.
Innocent searches online can lead to not so innocent results. But parental controls can help keep your child safe. The NSPCC website has step by step instructions for setting up parental controls. Click here to access the NSPCC site
Has someone done something online that has made you or a child or young person you know, feel worried or unsafe?
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre CEOP delivers a multi-agency service dedicated to tackling the abuse and exploitation of children in the real and ‘e’ world. Often it is referred to as an online 999.
Kidsmart has some clear rules for keeping children safe when they are online and lots of other tips for adults and children.
https://www.childnet.com/resources/supporting-young-people-online
Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation (PACE) are the leading national charity working with parents and carers of sexually exploited children. It is important that all parents have an understanding of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and this site helps to explain what child sexual exploitation is, whilst providing support for parents who think their child is being exploited.
When you enter the site then click on the link for parents for advice on how to talk to your child
http://paceuk.info
The button has been developed to offer anyone living in the UK a simple and convenient mechanism for gaining access to reporting routes for commonly used social networking sites, gaming platforms, apps and streaming services alongside trusted online safety advice, help and support. It also provides access to an online mechanism for reporting online harm to the RHC service for those over the age of 13 where an intial report has been made to industry but no action has been taken. RHC will review content in line with a sites' community standards and act in a mediatory capacity where content goes against these.
Children under 13 years of age are encouraged to tell an adult that they trust about what has happened and to ask for their help in reporting this going through our how we can help resource together.
RHC also have advice and links to reporting routes for other online harms people may come across or face, such as impersonation, privacy violations and intimate image abuse.
The RHC button provides a gateway to the RHC reporting pages, an area of the RHC website offering:
- links to reporting routes on commonly used sites for 8 types of online harm
- help, advice and support on what to do if experiencing or witnessing harm online
- signposting to industry partners reporting forms and the ability to report legal but harmful content directly to RHC for further investigation
Reporting to RHCReports can be made 24/7 through the online reporting forms and helpline practitioners will review and respond to reports within 72 hours between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday.
Reports can be made to RHC by anyone over the age of 13. SWGfL operates 3 helplines and to be sure you're getting the right support take a look at the Helpline flowchart to find out who can best support you.