Safeguarding

William Barcroft Junior School is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of all our pupils.

We keep children safe by:

Having an up to date Safeguarding and Child Protection policy.
Having three identified members of staff, and one identified Governor, who have responsibility for safeguarding
Providing a team of 3 learning mentors focusing purely on safeguarding pupils and providing pastoral support
Completing the safer recruitment and checking procedures necessary to ensure all staff have the suitability to work with children and young people.
Having an open-door policy where concerns can be shared in confidence.
Having a safeguarding culture that is embedded through ongoing CPD ensuring all our staff have up to date safeguarding and child protection training.
Sharing information with appropriate agencies if we have concerns. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents and carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.
We actively support the Government’s Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism.

Our Safeguarding Team

All staff have a responsibility to safeguard our pupils however the main point of contacts at the school are:

Sarah Sargent (Principal and Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Gemma Bowden (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Gemma Newell (Assistant Principal and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Should you have any safeguarding concerns about your own child, or any of our children at William Barcroft Junior School, please make contact with the school or other appropriate agency details of which can be found below:

William Barcroft Safeguarding Contacts: