Safeguarding Children in school is the responsibility of all staff who work within the school. We ensure all staff are aware of their responsibilities and we have enclosed a copy of our latest Child Protection Policy for parents to look at.
You can find a copy of our safeguarding & child protection policy in our policies section.
You can find a wealth of child protection and online safety websites on our Trust Website
One of the most important documents used in school is the Keeping Children Safe in Education. This document is produced by the Government and sets out the responsibilities of all schools for keeping the children in their care safe. This can be downloaded from the DFE website.
Our latest child Protection poster, Child Protection Leaflet, and child friendly Safeguarding Poster that is displayed around school for children to see can be downloaded below. If you have any worries or concerns about any of the children connected to our school, please do not hesitate to contact one of the nominated people below.
| St Margaret Clitherow’s nominated people are: |
| Miss C McNicholas (Designated Safeguarding Lead) |
| Mrs R Gaynon-Johnson (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – DDSL) |
| Mrs E McCabe (DDSL) |
| Mrs M Larkin and Mrs N Green (Safeguarding Governors) |
Child Safety
If you are worried about the safety of a child please contact school on 01642 835370 and ask to speak to a Designated Safeguarding Lead or
If you think the child lives in Redcar and Cleveland telephone the Redcar Multi Agency Children’s Hub on 01642 130700 or if it is out of hours telephone 01642 524552
If you think the child lives in Middlesbrough telephone the Middlesbrough Multi Agency Children’s Hub on 01642 726004 or if it is out of hours telephone 01642 524552
Alternatively, adults who are worried about a child can contact The NSPCC on: 0808 800 5000
Children can call the NSPCC on 0800 1111
Below are links to websites which help keep children safe.
Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures website has information about how safeguarding procedures work in our area and also contains information about specific issues that affect children:
The UK Safer Internet Centre has information for parents/carers about how to use the internet safely:
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
The NSPCC website has a wealth of information for parents and carers:
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
Parents Guide to Radicalisation online – Learn more about spotting radicalisation:
http://www.internetmatters.org/issues/radicalisation
Report Abuse in Education
The Department for Education has commissioned the NSPCC to launch a new helpline called Report Abuse in Education. The helpline comes after numerous anonymised testimonials of sexual harassment and abuse in schools and colleges were shared to the Everyone’s Invited website.
The newly launched helpline will provide support to:
- children and young people who want to share current and non-recent experiences of sexual abuse and harassment
- children and young people who want to talk about being involved in or witnessing any incidents
- anyone who works or volunteers in a school setting and needs support and guidance
- adults who have experienced non-recent abuse
- parents and carers who are concerned about their own child or other children.
Young people and adults can contact Report Abuse in Education on 0800 136 663 or email [email protected]
