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Safeguarding

Balgowan Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

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 their family first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare.

Our Designated Safeguarding and Child Protection Lead is Mr Hines and our Deputy is Mrs Veysey.

Jude Bel is our Family Worker and Natalie Graves is our Inclusion Lead. Our Local Committee Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Spedding.

 

The email address for Balgowan’s Safeguarding Team is safeguarding@balgowan.bromley.sch.uk

Balgowan’s Safeguarding Team will only periodically check emails during school holidays.

 

Please note the following contact information during the holiday period.

If you need to discuss an immediate safeguarding concern, you can contact Bromley Children and Families Hub through the following contact methods:

Call: children’s services (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm) on 020 8461 7373 / 7379 or call out of hours/weekends/public holidays on 0300 303 8671.

Email: Bromley Children and Families Hub (C&F Hub) at candfhub@bromley.gov.uk

If you are seriously concerned about a child's immediate safety, call 999 and ask for the police.

 
Response to the Prevent Duty

Prevent is one of the four elements of ‘CONTEST’ the government's counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to ‘prevent’ people becoming involved with extremist views.

The Prevent Strategy:

  • responds to the ideological challenge we face from terrorism and aspects of extremism, and the threat we face from those who promote these views;
  • provides practical help to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support;
  • works with a wide range of sectors where there are risks of radicalisation that we need to deal with.

The school takes the Prevent duty very seriously and works to support all our families. Further information can be found across a range of our policies and in particular in the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

 

Bromley LADO (overall responsibility for safeguarding in the borough)

Tel: 020 8461 7775/020 8313 4325

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024

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