Child Protection Flyer SJBC

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2021

 

The happiness of your child is a priority in St John the Baptist’s College. It is important for children  to feel secure in the classroom and around school.  The school seeks to develop close links with parents and high priority is given to the care and welfare of our pupils.

Pastoral Care involves all pupils and adults within our school and it is our aim to provide a caring and warm environment so that each person involved in school life feels safe and secure.

 

The pastoral care of our pupils means responding to their needs at a period of their young lives when they are developing physically, emotionally and acquiring a wide range of knowledge and skills.

School policy statements which contribute to pastoral care:

 
   

 

                                       

All staff at St John the Baptist’s College are involved in the development and delivery of our Pastoral Care programme, which includes:

·  Providing a range of experiences to support our pupils’ personal, social and emotional development.

·  Teaching our children specific strategies to keep themselves safe from harm.

·  Involving our children in daily ‘healthy

living’ practices which we hope will influence their whole lives

·  Teaching our children about bullying - its meaning and its consequences and how to deal with bullies.
 

A Child Protection Policy is in operation at St John the Baptist’s College. The aim is to protect our pupils by ensuring that everyone who works in our school – teachers, non-teaching staff and volunteers – has clear guidance on the direction and interagency management of situations where abuse or neglect of a child is suspected. The over-riding concern of all our staff must be the care, welfare and safety of the child.

 

SAFEGUARDING TEAM

 

       
     
   

 

Designated Teacher

Mrs B Leathem

 

Deputy Designated Teacher

Mrs L Swain

 

Deputy Designated Teacher

The principal concern of all the adults in our school is the care, welfare and safety of our pupils. This is reflected in the aims of our Child Protection Policy:

·         To put in place appropriate background checks on all staff and volunteers.

·         To ensure that everyone who works in our school knows how to identify signs of abuse and has clear guidance on the action which is required where abuse or neglect of a child is suspected.

·         To work together with all agencies concerned with the protection of children.

·         To help our pupils learn about the risks of possible abuse,

·         To recognise unwelcome behaviour in others and to acquire the confidence and skills to keep themselves safe.
 

Mr J Lynch