Safeguarding and Child Protection

Keeping Children Safe is Everyone’s Responsibility

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Miss K Magner (Headteacher)

Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Mrs D Stanley (Safeguarding and Family Liaison Lead) 

They can be contacted via email: safe@kingcharlesprimary.co.uk

Telephone 01922 721368.

If you are concerned about the safety of a child outside of school hours, please contact the NSPCC or Police.

In Miss Magner/ Mrs Stanley's absence one of the following trained DSLs should be contacted: 

Mr A O’Neill (Deputy Headteacher)

Miss L Walker (Assistant Headteacher) 

Miss A Rolph (Inclusion Lead) 

Mrs D Walker (Online Safety Lead) 

For our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy, please see our Policies Page.

Our school community has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are our pupils.  This means that we have a range of Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures in place. 

All staff, including our volunteers and supply staff, must ensure that they are aware of our 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 always ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with their parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that this is not in the child’s best interests or a child is at significant risk or in immediate danger.

Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm.  It relates to aspects of school life including:

Health and Safety

Supporting pupils with medical needs

Educational visits

Preventing extremism and radicalisation

Intimate care

Internet/online or e-safety

Behaviour

Bullying 

Other harassment and discrimination, including racism

Appropriate arrangements to ensure school security, taking into account the local context

The use of reasonable force

First Aid

Recruitment and vetting of staff and visitors to the school site

Physical security of the school site

Safeguarding Useful Contacts 

MASH - 0300 555 2866 - Out of hours 0300 555 2922) - To report concerns about the safeguarding of a child

NSPCC -  0800 028 0285 Email help@nspcc.org.uk

LADO – LADO@Walsall.gov.uk

Operation Encompass - 0204 513 9990 - To report concerns about children witnessing domestic violence