Safeguarding at St Peter’s 

Safeguarding Statement 

St Peter's Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, governors, volunteers, and visitors to share this commitment. 

We recognise that keeping children safe involves creating a culture of vigilance where children feel listened to, valued, and empowered to speak out. 

Key Safeguarding Protocols 

• Operation Encompass: St Peter’s is an Operation Encompass school. This system directly links police reports of domestic abuse incidents in a child's household to our DSL, enabling us to provide immediate, discreet pastoral care. 

• Online Safety: The digital world is an essential part of children's lives. We teach age-appropriate digital resilience through our computing curriculum and provide parent guides for content filtering, gaming, and app safety. 

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

• Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.

You can find our Safeguarding Policy below :

What is Child Protection?

Child Protection is part of Safeguarding and promoting welfare.  It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm.

Prevent Strategy

From 1st July 2015 all schools are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, in the exercise of their functions, to have "due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism".  This duty is known as the Prevent Duty.  It applies to a wide range of public-facing bodies, including all primary and secondary schools.

Schools can build pupils' resilience to radicalisation by providing a safe environment for debating controversial issues and helping children to understand how they can influence and participate in decision making.  Schools are already expected to promote the spiritual, moral and cultural development of pupils and, within this, fundamental British values.

Mandatory Reporting of FGM - Procedural Information

From 21st October 2015 it is mandatory for teachers, health and social workers to report to the police if they find, or are told, that someone under 18 has undergone FGM.

To obtain more information on FGM please click the link below for Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Online safety

St Peter’s Primary recognises the benefits and opportunities that new technologies offer to teaching and learning.  We encourage the use of technology in order to enhance skills and promote achievement.  However, the accessible and global nature of the internet and variety of technologies available mean that we are also aware of potential risks and challenges associated with such use.