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SAFEGUARDING

Safeguarding, Child Protection and Prevent is Everyone's Business

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At Laburnum, we take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously and ensure that our staff are well equipped to deal with any concerns. If you are worried about a child, you can contact one of our Designating Safeguarding Leads (see details below) through the school office on 01767680691 or you can contact Central Bedfordshire Children's Social care on 03003008585 or out of hours on 03003008123

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Ben Bardell

Head Teacher

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Prevent SPOC

Operation Encompass Lead

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Minke Dawes

Deputy Head Teacher

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mental Health Lead

Children Looked After Lead

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Sue Boyall

SENDCo

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

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Sophie Adams

Safeguarding Governor

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Sophie is our LA Governor and in her day job works for 

The Central Bedfordshire Safeguarding Children Board as Strategic Safeguarding Partnership Manager (Secondment)

Policies

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A link to the school Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available at the bottom of this page. In addition, you will also find links to our Child on Child Abuse and Online Safety policies. Policies related to safeguarding and child protection are updated annually in line with the government Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) document.

 

Checking and Vetting

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All staff and regular visitors undergo an enhanced DBS check to work with children and a confidential record of these checks is kept on the school ‘Single Central Record.’ Compliance with vetting and recruitment checks and the recording of these is regularly monitored by the governing body.

 

Training and Professional Development

 

Our staff receive training to ensure that they can identify any safeguarding concerns and that they know what to do if they are worried. As part of their induction, all staff undertake training in:

  • Safeguarding,

  • Prevent,

  • Online Safety

  • Child on Child Abuse

 

All staff then receive update training at least annually.

 

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Deputy DSLs receive role specific training annually and regular updates and professional development specific to our school context.

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