Safeguarding
Reporting a Concern
Designated Safeguarding Lead | Mrs Jo Jilavu
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads | Mrs Helen Stone, Mr Morris, Mrs Wlaton and Miss Wright
Please call 01773602268 and ask to be put through to the Safeguarding Team
Please see the poster attached in the files below for more details about who to contact and when.
To keep children safe at Swanwick Primary School we have:
- Introduced an electronic signing in system which issues visitors with photo-identification so that unauthorised visitors can quickly be detected.
- All attended up-to-date safeguarding training this year with particular attention given to the needs of Derbyshire schools and families.
- Opened the PPod- a service designed to support children and their families through times of difficulty.
- Regularly invited in representatives from the NSPCC to come and speak to our children about the help available through Childline, and done follow up work in the classroom after each assembly.
- Recognised the importance of e-safety in today’s fast-changing world and regularly taken part in Safer Internet Day in February.
- Introduced a new school reward system called THRIVE (based on recommendations from the school council) which recognises that academic success is not the only goal in education and rewards children for qualities such as humour, resilience, independence, integrity and enthusiasm. This allows all children to have the opportunity to succeed and raises self-esteem.
- Introduced electronic registers in all classrooms, which means that teachers can quickly and efficiently inform the office of unexplained child absences.
- A member of staff on the front gate every morning to meet and greet parents and pupils.
- Introduced 'My Concern'- a secure and trusted safeguarding software that is used by schools and colleges in the UK and worldwide to record, report and manage the full range of safeguarding, pastoral and wellbeing concerns.
We are now:
Increasing our Safeguarding Team to include our full Senior Leadership Team. This training itook place in October 2022.
If you would like further information about keeping your child safe, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has lots of advice and guidance. Please see the link below.
The PPod is our provision to support the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of our children and their families. It has been running since 2016 and developed out of a growing need for support in schools and the expectation to meet higher thresholds to access services elsewhere. We recognise that mental health and wellbeing is pivotal for a child to be able to engage with learning.
