Children’s worries and fears will be taken seriously and children are encouraged to seek help from members of staff.

Our school will therefore:

• Establish and maintain an ethos where children feel secure and are encouraged to talk, and are listened to;
• Ensure that children know that there are adults in the school whom they can approach if they are worried or are in difficulty;
• Include in the curriculum activities and opportunities for PSHE/Citizenship which equip children with the skills they need to stay safe from abuse (including online and other contexts children are in), and to know to whom they can turn for help;
• Ensure every effort is made to establish effective working relationships with parents and colleagues from other agencies;
• Operate safer recruitment procedures and make sure that all appropriate checks are carried out and recorded on the single central record for new staff and volunteers who will work with children, including identity, right to work, enhanced DBS criminal record and barred list (and overseas where needed), references, and prohibition from teaching or managing in schools (s.128) etc.