Safeguarding statement 

 

INTENT

Manorway Independent School  is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. 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. 

We are committed to inspiring, challenging and safeguarding our pupils, enabling them to become:

•          Successful learners, who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve.

•          Confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.

•          Responsible citizens who will make a positive contribution, both socially and economically to society.

Manorway Independent School expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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IMPLEMENTATION

We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our safeguarding and Child Protection Policy which can be viewed directly from the policy folder located in the school office. We will train our staff so that all staff are competent and able to support the schools safeguarding agenda. 

Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies, when there are concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.

We actively support the Government’s guidance relating to safeguarding and student wellbeing, further detail can be obtained from our school policies.

Our designated safeguarding lead is Nicola Bourne.

Our safeguarding officer is Candy McGough .The Governor with responsibility for safeguarding in our school is Nicola Hawood.

The Medway Safeguarding Children’s Partnership (MSCP) can be contacted on 01634 33 63 29 or out of hours email mscp@medway.gov.uk 

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Photographs and Videos

Whilst lots of parents and carers really enjoy seeing photos and videos of their children’s school life, we are very mindful of our duty of care towards all our pupils. We take the issue of safeguarding very seriously and this includes the use of photographic and video images.

Any photographs or videos taken by parents, carers and relatives at school productions, sports days or other events are for the enjoyment of individual families. They must not be used in any way that could potentially place a child at risk. This would include publishing images in any form of print or on the internet including social networking sites. This is emphasised before concerts and shows etc and where practical a record of parents and relatives taking photographs or videos is made.

 

IMPACT 

We will have an outstanding safeguarding practice that identifies concern and risk, and will be able to refer as appropriate. Our students will feel safe and know who to talk to about their concerns.

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