Safeguarding
Safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility.
Guestling Bradshaw CEP School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Keeping children safe at Guestling Bradshaw is our highest priority. We work in many ways to achieve this: through our curriculum, our policies, our practices and through encouraging an open climate where the children can share any concerns they have. We have ‘worry boxes’ in the classrooms and provide our children with opportunities to speak with trusted adults in a safe environment.
What to do if you have concerns
If you think a child might be suffering neglect or abuse, it can be difficult to know what to do. But your action is vital in making sure that child gets the help they need.
Please contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Siobhan Andrews
Our Deputy Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Saira McIntosh
Contact details: Tel: 01424812279
The Governor with responsibility for safeguarding in our school is Nicky Boulter.
Contact details: Tel: 01424812279
If you are concerned about a child in East Sussex call out of hours service : 01273 335906 or 01273 335905. If you think the child is in immediate danger, you should call the police on 999.
For more information see to our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy below.
The aim of the policy is to ensure that our school has effective measures in place to safeguard your children from the potential risk of harm and that the safety and wellbeing of the children are of the highest priority in all aspects of our school’s work. Having the policy in place ensures that all members of our school community:
- Are aware of their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and child protection
- Know the procedures that should be followed if they have a cause for concern
- Know where to go to find additional information regarding safeguarding
- Are aware of the key indicators relating to child abuse
- Fully support the school’s commitment to safeguarding and child protection.
Online Safety
Online safety is an important aspect of keeping our pupils safe at Guestling. We have procedures in place to safeguard our children from potential dangers and unsuitable material. Online safety is a fundamental part of our Computing lessons in all year groups.
As part of our partnership with parents, we encourage parents to speak to their children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online. It is essential to be realistic; banning the Internet or technology will not work, and often makes a child less likely to report a problem. This means that education around safe use is essential.
Click here to access the latest NSPCC help and advice.
Useful Links
Support for children
Childline for free and confidential advice.
UK Safer Internet Centre to report and remove harmful online content.
CEOP for advice on making a report about online abuse.
Report Remove helps young people under 18 in the UK to confidentially report sexual images and videos of themselves and remove them from the internet.
Take It Down is one step young people can take to help remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before they were 18.
The following links can offer parents support and guidance:
#Ask the awkward – Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre guidance to parents to talk to their children about online relationships.
Childnet offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support.
Commonsensemedia provide independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media for children and their parents.
Government advice about protecting children from specific online harms such as child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying.
Internet Matters provide age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world.
Let’s Talk About It provides advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation.
London Grid for Learning provides support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online.
Stopitnow resource from The Lucy Faithfull Foundation can be used by parents and carers who are concerned about someone’s behaviour, including children who may be displaying concerning sexual behaviour (not just about online).
National Crime Agency/CEOP Thinkuknow provides support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online.
Net-aware provides support for parents and carers from the NSPCC and O2, including a guide to social networks, apps and games.
Parentzone provides help for parents and carers on how to keep their children safe online.
Talking to your child about online sexual harrassment: a guide for parents - this is the Children’s Commissioner’s parent guide on talking to your children about online sexual harassment
UK Safer Internet Centre provide tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online.
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, but some suggestions for parents and carers wishing to know more.
Your Internet Provider
The main four Internet providers in the UK – BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media – provide their customers with free parental controls, which can be activated at any time. They have come together to produce these helpful video guides to help you to download and set-up the controls offered by your provider. Click here see the video guides.