Safeguarding at Thomas Russell Infants

At Thomas Russell Infants, our children’s welfare is of paramount importance to us including keeping our children safe. We work with the procedures set out by the Staffordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023). We do this by:

· Ensuring that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility.

· Ensuring children in our school can share their concerns and ensure that they have a ‘voice’.

· Ensuring our staff are trained, regularly and rigorously.

· Ensuring children in our school are educated through a broad and balanced curriculum offering advice and guidance which allows them to make decision to help keep themselves safe.

· Ensuring we work collaboratively, knowing that no one agency can have the full picture, sharing information in a timely and accurate way and also ensuring that when required, we are not afraid to challenge professionals to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.

All staff have a professional curiosity and speak to the Designated Safeguarding Lead if they have concerns about a child and we work hard to build trusted relationships with children which facilitate this communication.

 We maintain a professional attitude of ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned. We expect all staff, governors, volunteers, and visitors to share our commitment, maintaining a safe environment and a culture of vigilance.

We are committed to giving our children the skills to keep safe at home and school which includes teaching the children how to stay safe online which is an essential element of our curriculum.

If you have any concerns about the safety of a child or young person, please contact one of our key, safeguarding personnel below by calling the school office on 01283 247930:

DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD (DSL): Mrs Burton / Mrs Moore

DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING DEPUTIES (DDSL): Mrs Sutton / Mrs Toft                                

SAFEGUARDING GOVERNOR: Mr Tim Hopkins

During weekends and holidays, if you are concerned about the safety of a child or young person please use the contact details below:

Staffordshire Childrens’ Advice and Support Team (Monday- Friday 8am-5pm) 0300 111 8007

Emergency Out of Hours (Evenings and Weekends) 0345 604 2886

Police

Non-Emergency – 101

Emergency – 999

Please find our safeguarding procedures and related documents below:

Please follow the link to view the JTMAT safeguarding policy and the following related policies:

JTMAT Staff code of conduct

JTMAT Antibullying policy

JTMAT preventing extremism and radicalisation statement

https://jtmat.co.uk/policies

Our school specific safeguarding procedures can be found below:

• Thomas Russell Safeguarding Procedures

• Online Safety Procedures

• TRIS Prevent Risk Assessment