Brown Clee C.E. Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school. We believe all staff and visitors have an important and unique role to play in child protection.
DESIGNATED CHILD PROTECTION PERSONNEL AT BROWN CLEE
The Designated Lead for Child Protection is Danny Harley, our Headteacher, and our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mandy Cains, Scorpions Teacher and Assistant Headteacher. The Designated Governor is Steph Boxall.
Anyone with immediate concerns regarding the welfare of a child should contact the police or Shropshire’s First Point of Contact: 0345 678 9021
Other useful contacts include:
- Protecting Vulnerable People (West Mercia Police): 0300 333 3000
- NSPCC: 0800 800 5000
- Childline: 0800 1111 / website
Our safeguarding team can be reached by contacting the school or via email (safeguarding@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk)
All Child Protection information will be dealt with in a confidential manner.
See policies for relevant information
Online Safety
The online world is constantly changing, and as such so are the risks involved in using it. We have put together a whole host of information on Internet Safety, including risks associated with gaming, social media etc. If you click the image below you can find out all about Tik Tok, Roblox, Fortnite, Instagram and associated risks for children.
Safer School
Our school is a ‘Safer School’ West Mercia Police and Shropshire Council support our school with the Safer School initiative. The initiative is a holistic, practical and realistic approach to school security and personal safety. It gives our school a clear focus on the subject and turns a negative subject into a positive one. It sets a minimum standard for school security.
The essential elements of the ‘Safer School’ process include:-
- Implementing a security policy that the governors have adopted.
- Consulting parents/carers and pupils/students for their views and updating them on any progress.
- Publicity of Safer Schools to school staff, pupils, school neighbours, parents and prospective parents.
- Establishing a Safer School Group. This Safer School Group is a partnership of school stakeholders – Headteacher/Deputy, staff, governors, parents, pupils, neighbours, Shropshire Council and West Mercia Police.
- Regularly reviewing and implementing good practice and essential security/safety measures for staff, pupils, the site and assets.
- Educating pupils through the Personal, Social, Health and Economic curriculum programme or the Safer School folder.
- A daily procedure for recording incidents should they occur i.e. trespass, burglary, theft, antisocial behaviour, vandalism, arson, suspicious activity etc., both during school hours and out-of hours.
- Solving real problems rather than perceived problems. Prioritising work (if any) and reviewing action.
- If there are security issues i.e. vandalism, anti-social behaviour etc., the intention of the initiative is to reduce/eliminate the issues.
USEFUL LINKS
Here are some useful sites that provide parents information on how to keep children safe, whether on the internet, from exploitation, drugs etc:-
