Keeping Safe

Safeguarding

At Sutton Courtenay Primary School we recognise our statutory responsibility to safeguard our pupils. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, pupils and staff at school.

If you have any concerns, please speak to:

Designated Safeguarding Lead:

Mrs Raluca Chende

Deputy Safeguarding Lead:

Mrs Lyndsay Whittington

Ms Gracie Whittington

Home school link:

Mrs Lyndsay Whittington

Safeguarding Governor:

Rita Atkinson

Child Protection / Safeguarding Policy

Safeguarding and Child Protection RET policy for SCCEPS 2024-25.pdf

Social media guides on how to secure them for your children if they are using them Although some social media platforms have age limits on them, there are some helpful tips if your child is using them

Help! I found something that does not look safe online When you come across something that does not look ok - use the link to help keep others safe and report it

Help! I think someone is is not being kind online Is there someone not being kind and making you feel worried? Talk to an adult to help you report this

Help! I really need to talk to someone who can listen to my worries Sometimes we need to talk to someone other than the people in our home. You can talk to someone safely here who is recognised as safe.

e-Bug - useful resource, bearing in mind Coronavirus e-Bug is a free educational resource for classroom and home use and makes learning about micro-organisms, the spread, prevention and treatment of infection fun and accessible for all teachers and students. All activities and lesson plans have been designed to complement the National Curriculum and each topic has been mapped so that you can easily find resources to fit into the subject you’re teaching. The student pages complement the teacher resources by providing online games, revision pages and lots more to continue the learning experience at home. The e-bug website is also available in a number of other language, for example, Polish, Latvian, Lithuania,

Department for Education Coronavirus helpline The DfE has opened a helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows: Phone: 0800 046 8687 Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday) Schools should not close in response to a suspected (or confirmed) COVID-19 case unless directed to do so by Public Health England.

For Younger Children Undressed Song and Video LGfL has created a video, song and poster to help schools and parents spread the message of never getting undressed in front of a phone, iPad or computer, for the very youngest primary pupils. A common tactic of sexual predators is to trick young children into getting changed or undressed on camera by playing a ‘game’ or issuing a ‘challenge’, for example, to see how fast they can get changed into different clothes or into a swimming costume. This might happen over video chat or livestreaming app; children often don't even know this has happened; videos are often taken and then circulated. Internet Watch Foundation research has shown that 98% of publicly available livestreamed child sexual abuse images involved children aged 13 and under; 28% were aged 10 and under.

Child mediation services Every parent naturally wants to minimise the distress caused to children when separating. Research consistently shows the way parents manage their separation has a profound impact on their children. Not just at the time, but also later as they grow up. You will know what’s best for your child, but our child mediation experts can help you and your partner focus together on the specific needs of each child. With child mediation, we help you work out a practical plan for how you can continue to parent your children following separation, and how your child arrangements will work. We offer child mediation online throughout the UK, helping you reach a parental agreement wherever you’re based. Simply get in touch with us to start planning your child’s future.

Sorting out Separation - how to support your children Helping you deal with relationship break-down

Potential Plus UK Our aim is to enable children of all ages with high learning potential to grow in confidence, thrive and achieve social, emotional and academic fulfilment. This includes children and young people: With exceptional abilities Who have the ability to achieve; but who, for whatever reason, are not achieving their potential Who are dual or multiple exceptional (gifted with special educational need or disability) Who are profoundly gifted (approximately 0.01% of children)

Fatherhood advice and support

Single Parents support

Change for Life Support with keeping healthy

Citizen Advice

Carers Advice Caring can be extremely complicated. The maze of rights and entitlements can be complicated. Filling in paperwork can be complicated. Getting a break can be complicated. Our feelings about caring can certainly be complicated.

How to handle sexting incidents as a parent

Growing Up and Changing

The documents below tell you about what behaviours are normal and expected as your child develops sexually, and when you might be concerned.

There are two leaflets, one for children under 5 and one for 5-11. If you do have any concerns, speak to a member of staff.

The PANTS rule

We teach children the PANTS rule for keeping themselves safe:

Privates are private

Always remember- your body belongs to you

No means no

Talk about secrets that upset you

Speak up, someone can help

We try to give children the confidence and vocabulary to talk about things they are not comfortable with. There are more details of how we approach this in our Sex and Relationships policy, found in the Key Information - Policies section of this site.

Here is a link to the NSPCC website where you can learn more.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

E-Safety

Staying safe on-line is an increasing risk that faces our children. The ease of access to the internet through phones, tablets, laptops, games consoles etc opens up a huge world of learning but the potential to expose them to peer on peer cyber-bullying, grooming, child sexual exploitation (CSE) and other risks.

To help our parents work with us to keep children safe we have create a webpage specifically about e-safety.

Please follow the link below.

https://www.suttoncourtenayprimary.co.uk/e-safety/

Safety guides for commonly used internet sites and apps

Setting your child's devices This is a website that will support you ensuring any device your child has is set to the safety settings for a child to use