Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School

Safeguarding

Walsden St Peter's CE Primary School is committed to its legal and moral duty to promote the well-being of children and to protect them from harm.

In this statement we would like to share with you school policies and practices with regards to ensuring that children are taught and encouraged to live healthy lifestyles and adopt safe practices. School Policies are in place to ensure that there is a consistent approach to practices throughout the school and that they are adhered to by staff, governors and volunteers.

Adults have a tremendous impact on young children and with this in mind adults at Walsden St Peter's CE Primary School strive to:

Work in close partnership with parents to support children in every way possible
Identify where there are child welfare concerns and take action to address them, in partnership with other organisations where appropriate
Work together with other agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children
Be good role models for children
Enjoy work and working with children
Welcome and support visitors in school
Recognise and value strengths in each other and use these to support everyone
Work within the agreed policies of the school
Promote a calm, caring and safe school
Encourage children to think for themselves, ask questions and find answers
Create and maintain a safe learning environment for our children
Develop our children’s understanding of how to keep themselves safe
Create an environment of trust
Challenge and support children in their learning

We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures.

Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers.

All adults are also expected to read the DfE booklet: Keeping Children Safe in Education (2026). Everyone employed at Walsden St Peter's CE Primary School has a responsibility in terms of child protection and we understand that every child has the right to feel safe and protected at all times and in any situation. We accept that we have a primary responsibility for the care, welfare and safety of the pupils in our charge, and we will carry out this duty through our teaching and learning, extra-curricular activities, pastoral care and extended activities.

We hope that both parents and children will feel free to talk about any concerns and will see school as a safe place to discuss any difficulties.

All staff have child protection training and all adults who work with children in school have had an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. School has designated staff for child protection/safeguarding who receive regular and additional training and a nominated governor.

Prevent

Walsden St Peter’s CE Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils. As a school we recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation is no different from safeguarding against any other vulnerability.

All staff are expected to uphold and promote the fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

On 1 July 2015 the Prevent duty (section 26) of The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 came into force. This duty places the responsibility on local authorities to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

As part of our School’s commitment to safeguarding and child protection we fully support the government's Prevent Strategy.

What is the Prevent Strategy?

The Prevent Strategy is a government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It:

– responds to the ideological challenge we face from terrorism and aspects of extremism, and the threat we face from those who promote these views
– provides practical help to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support
– works with a wide range of sectors (including education, criminal justice, faith, charities, online and health)

Policies

Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Procedures 2025-26

Policy on Safeguarding Pupils Walking to and from School Alone

Mobile phone policy

E safety policy