Safeguarding

Safeguarding at Larkspur School

Larkspur School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We have several policies in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment; please find them on our policies page.

Our designated safeguarding lead for Child Protection and Safeguarding is Mrs Michelle Porter, Head of School. In her absence, Mrs Philippa Moore, Executive Head Teacher and Rebecca Sykes, Assistant Headteacher, are the deputy safeguarding leads and can deal with any safeguarding or child protection concerns.

Our governor with responsibility for safeguarding is Liz Wood. Ciara O’Connor, SENCO is responsible for CLA and PLAC.

Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

If you are concerned about a child’s safety, you must inform a DSP as soon as possible. The areas of Child Protection are as follows: Neglect; Emotional Abuse; Physical Abuse; Sexual Abuse. If you need to raise a safeguarding concern with the school contact the designated safeguarding team (see information above) or email safeguarding@larkspurprimary.org

If no one is available in person or by phone, contact Child Protection Team on 0300123043

Prevent Duty

Prevent Duty aims to prevent young people from being radicalised by, for example, far right extremists or religious extremists. Larkspur works positively to protect young people from radicalisation and actively supports the Government’s Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism.

In school, we have a duty to care for the children and take note of any child who is at risk of radicalisation, regardless of their background. We also have to take steps to help prevent children being exposed to extremist ideas.  Our overriding concern is that children feel safe and also express tolerance towards all cultures and religions, even when personal views may be different.