Safeguarding Children is Everyone's Responsibility
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as: protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Safeguarding is the umbrella term and one aspect of this is Child Protection. Elements included within this term involve other aspects of school life such as:
- Health and Safety
- Force and Restraint
- Meeting the needs of children with medical conditions, including personal care
- First Aid and the administration of medicines
- Educational Visits
- Online Safety
- School Security
- PREVENT (more detail about this can be found in the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy below)
If you are concerned that a child is being abused or neglected, you should consider making a safeguarding referral.
- If the child lives within the Lancashire Boundary, you should call: 0300 123 6720 (out of hours Emergency Duty Team: 0300 123 6722)
- If the Child lives within the Blackburn with Darwen Boundary, you should call: 01254 666400 (out of hours Emergency Duty Team: 01254 587547)
- You can also report your concerns to:
You will find lots of further information about safeguarding, including advice and tips for talking to children on the NSPCC website.