Safeguarding
Safeguarding and the Welfare of Children – A Priority for Everyone within the School Community:
At Hollywell Primary School, we regard the safeguarding of children as our main priority. We believe that we all have the right to be happy, to be safe and to learn. We all have the responsibility to make this happen.
Hollywell Primary School fully recognises its responsibility to protect children and support pupils in its care.
Children should be safe and secure both at home and school. Hollywell Primary maintains a child protection policy and follows all the local & national guidance relating to safeguarding children. The child protection officer for the school is the Headteacher - Mrs Ellis.
All staff, have taken training in the signs of child abuse and in the procedures that should be followed in cases of abuse. It is the Headteacher’s duty to refer suspicions of abuse to Social Services and she will then work with them, and other professionals, to achieve the safety of the child(ren) concerned. A copy of the policy can be seen below.
The School Policy for Safeguarding is updated in line with Local Authority Guidance and Regulations on an annual basis and approved by the School Trust & Governing Body.
- All staff receive regular training around safeguarding from the local authority.
- Designated persons receive updates to training every 2 years.
- An Annual Safeguarding Audit is carried out by the Governors.
Further information from the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership can be found here.
Should a child disclose anything that causes you to have a concern about their welfare please report it immediately to the teacher or designated person. Do not engage the child in discussion on this issue yourself.
Our main Designated Safeguarding Officer is Mrs Elizabeth Ellis and our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer is Mrs Tracey Harlin. These staff can be contacted via the school office or direct at: head@hollywellprimary.org
- SDSL – Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs Ellis
- DDSL – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mrs Harlin
- DDSL – Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mr Chadburn
- Safeguarding Governor - Mr Brian Brewster
Our Designated Safeguarding Leads
Contact During the School Holidays
If you have a safeguarding concern about a child during school holidays, please email: head@hollywellprimary.org. This account is monitored regularly on weekdays during school holidays.
If you have concerns about a child’s immediate safety, please contact the police on 999 if it is an emergency or 101 for non-emergencies. Safeguarding concerns can also be reported anonymously to the NSPCC whistleblowing line on 0800 028 0285.
Safeguarding - Child Protection Policy
Safeguarding Strategy
Policies linked to the Whole School Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
Prevent Strategy
What is the Prevent strategy
Prevent is a Government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist or extremist causes.
The Prevent strategy covers all types of terrorism and extremism.
How does the Prevent strategy apply to schools?
From July 2015, all schools (as well as other organisations) have a duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism.
This means we have a responsibility to protect children from extremist and violent views the same way we protect them from any other harm.
What we do if there is a concern
If we have a concern about a particular pupil we will follow the school’s normal safeguarding procedures, including discussing with the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead and Prevent Lead, Mrs Elizabeth Ellis.