Sherford Vale School and Nursery recognises its moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and we will provide a caring, positive, safe and stimulating environment that promotes the social, physical and moral development of the individual child. This will be underpinned by a culture of openness where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe that they are listened to. We recognise that all staff have a full and active part to play in protecting our pupils from harm, and that the child’s welfare is our paramount concern. We will ensure that all adults who have contact with children in our school have been properly vetted and deemed suitable to work and support children in our care/charge. We will also ensure that all adults who have contact with children in our school have been trained to undertake their safeguarding responsibilities effectively. We maintain an attitude that ‘it could happen here’ where safeguarding is concerned. If you have any concerns, please contact the DSL team: safeguarding@sherfordvaleschool.co.uk

Our Safeguarding Team:

The Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Mrs. Laurie Archer

The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are: Miss. Yasmin Atkinson, Mrs Lisa Booth, Mrs Clare McCullouch and Miss Elizabeth Veale.

Other Level 3 trained staff are: Mrs Karin Rhodes and Mrs Jennifer Fricker 

All Child Protection staff can be contacted via the school office: 01752 891795 

Remember these three important messages:

• All children have a right to be safe no matter who they are or what their circumstances.
• Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility.
• We all need to listen to children even though we may not always be comfortable with what we hear. 

Important Links:

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/

http://swgfl.org.uk/

http://www.vodafone.com/content/digital-parenting.html