Safeguarding
If you have concerns about a child please contact:
Royal Greenwich Children’s Services: 020 8921 3172 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Royal Greenwich Children’s Services out of hours emergency helpline: 020 8854 8888
Designated Safeguarding Leads
Mrs Rachel Ford ( Lead Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Mrs Aimee Seeranj
Ms Sarah Catterall
Mrs Lauren Wallace
Mrs Rosie Stone
Miss Nicky Dalton
Mrs Jane Farrell
Contact via dsl@bannockburn.greenwich.sch.uk or 020 8854 2169/ 020 8317 5937
Safeguarding Governors:
Mr Gary Corrin & Mrs Briget Fosang
Contact via the School Office - info@bannockburn.greenwich.sch.uk or 020 8854 2169/ 020 8317 5937
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 and ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.
Child protection is the process of protecting individual children identified as either suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect. It involves measures and structures designed to prevent and respond to abuse and neglect.
Ensuring the safety and well-being of students at Bannockburn Primary School is our top priority and therefore we have policies and procedures which surround the issue of safeguarding children.
Safeguarding means that we aim to ensure the well-being of students both emotionally and physically, and will take steps in order to ensure that children are not at risk, either from themselves or from others.
Safeguarding issues include peer on peer abuse; sexual harassment, online safety, bullying, cyberbullying, radicalisation, child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect and mental health crises.
The steps that the school may take are:
- meeting with the child to explore the issue
- meeting with the parent/s to explore the issue
- liaising and meeting with other agencies or professionals
- supporting in school
- referring to outside agencies such as Young Greenwich Nursing Team, FaASS (Early Help), Greenwich Attendance Advisory Service (GAAS) and Police
- making a referral to Children's Services (MASH) and liaising with them.
