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Safeguarding Information

The Designated Safeguarding Lead at Ethelbert Road Primary School is Mrs Michele Kirkbride (Headteacher) and the Deputy Safeguarding Leads are Mrs Lisa Vitiello (Deputy Head and SENCO), Mrs Rix (Early Years) and Mrs Claire Cornall (Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager). Our Safeguarding Governors are David Haigh and Sally Stoker.

Ethos

Ethelbert Road Primary School is a community and all those directly connected (staff, governors, pupils, parents and families) have an essential role to play in making it safe and secure. Ethelbert Road recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children with their best interests at the centre of our work.

We recognise the importance of providing an ethos and environment within school that will help children to feel safe, secure and respected; encourage them to talk openly; and enable them to feel confident that they will be listened to. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice.

For more information, please read our Safeguarding Policies.

Policies

Children's Safeguarding Poster

Information Sharing Advice

Information_sharing_advice_practitioners_safeguarding_services.pdf

Kent and Medway Safeguarding Children Procedures

Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills

Safeguarding Leaflet for Visitors and Volunteers

Safeguarding Visitors and Volunteers Leaflet.pdf

Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism

Preventing Radicalisation and.pdf

Let's Talk about Prevent

E-Safety

At Ethelbert Road Primary School, we take online safety extremely seriously. It is the right of all children to feel safe and secure when using technology.

As part of our safeguarding duty we use a robust filtering procedure and the Headteacher monitors IT use weekly. More information can be found on our E-Safety page.

Our Digital Leaders take their responsibility for raising the profile of online safety and supporting other children across the school resolutely. You can find more information about our Digital leaders on our Commputing page. E-Safety is taught to all pupils explaining and demonstrating how to stay safe and behave appropriately online.

We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with parents to ensure the e-Safety message is consistent. It is important that parents speak to their children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online.

Parents/carers can find further information about E-Safety below, or for more information speak to the class teacher. If you have any safeguarding concerns please speak to one of the Designated Safeguarding Leads, or visit our safeguarding page.

E-Safety

Computing

Parent Zone Parent Zone sits at the heart of modern family life, providing advice knowledge and support, to shape the best possible future for children, as they embrace the online world. Their mission is to improve outcomes for children in a digital world, so: Children will be safer online. Children will be resilient enough to cope with the challenges of the online world. Children will be educated for a digital future.

Childnet My Life Online - A practical resource to guide parents, carers or other adults in an open conversation with a child about life online. This resource includes guidance to support any adult (parent, carer or professional) to establish an open, respectful conversation about using the internet and technology safely and positively, as well as a template for recording what has been discussed.

Think You Know The “Thinkuknow” website is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre.

Internet Matters Internet Matters is a new online portal designed for parents to access simple, easy and practical advice about online safety for their children, right through from pre-school to teens. It provides tips on protecting children from online grooming, cyberbullying, privacy and identity theft and inappropriate content. Internet Matters is a not-for profit organisation set up by BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media.

CEOP CEOP (The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) delivers a multi-agency service dedicated to tackling the abuse and exploitation of children in the real and ‘e’ world. Often it is referred to as an online 999. By clicking on the button, young people and parents can get advice on a range of issues such as viruses, hacking and dealing with bullying online.

Virgin Media Virgin Media have created a children’s internet safety test to help build awareness for parents and children of all ages to ensure they are better protected online.