Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

This means;

• protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
• preventing harm to children’s health or development
• ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.

At Grange Primary School, the safety and wellbeing of our pupils is at the heart of all we do.

The thread of safeguarding runs through all policies and procedures and throughout our school day.

Mrs Buxton is the designated safeguarding lead in our school, Mrs Beardmore, Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Riley are the deputy safeguarding leaders.

Mrs Turner is our well-being support practitioner for our pupils and our early help liaison for families.

All staff update their safeguarding training yearly, receive updates on a regular basis in staff training and are required to read and sign appropriate and statutory documents.

Safeguarding includes child protection, health and safety, e-safety, and wellbeing, including anti bullying.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the health and safety of a child or a safeguarding process please contact the school office and arrange an appointment to see Mrs Buxton who will be more than happy to discuss this with you.

Who do I contact if I have a concern?

Safeguarding is everybody's business and so if you have any concerns regarding the welfare of a child at Grange Primary School please contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads.

The school number is 0115 9734956 or email admin@grange.derbyshire.sch.uk

For after school hours email: safeguarding@grange.derbyshire.sch.uk

If your concern is urgent and you are worried about the immediate risk of harm to a child please contact Call Derbyshire tel: 01629 533190 choosing the option for urgent child protection calls at any time or contact the police by ringing their call centre number 101 (24 hours).

Social care emergency out of hours service

Derbyshire provide an emergency out-of-hours countywide social care support from 5pm to 9am Monday to Friday and 24 hours per day at weekends and on bank holidays. This service is available for the public and agencies to access a range of social care staff for adults or children in need of social care. If you use these numbers in an emergency, there is also the option to speak to an out-of-hours worker.

Tel: 01629 532600

Safeguarding children’s board advice line - 01629 531940