Safeguarding

What is safeguarding?

It might be difficult to accept, but every child can be hurt, put at risk of harm or abused, regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity.

Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means:

•protecting children from maltreatment

•preventing impairment of children’s health or development

•ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.

•taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcome

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. Everyone who works within Uplands School has a responsibility for keeping children and young adults safe.

Safeguarding at Uplands

At Uplands, staff have a responsibility to create and maintain a safe learning environment for all our young people. We have a responsibility to identify where there are child welfare concerns and take action to address them in partnership with other organisations.

Staff at Uplands are aware of the schools protocols around safeguarding in line with school policy, local policy (local safeguarding arrangement) and national policy and guidance.

Staff at Uplands receive mandatory annual safeguarding and Child Protection training and this includes new and supply staff as part of their induction.

Promoting safeguarding and child protection is fundamental at Uplands and students are given numerous opportunities to consider risk situations and explore strategies for keeping safe.

	Fiona Clark Headteacher Uplands School Designated Safeguarding Lead		David Stevens Deputy Head Uplands School Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
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