St Patrick's

Safeguarding our children at St. Patrick’s is our highest priority. We have rigorous systems and policies in place to protect our children within the school grounds, as well as providing guidance for parents and carers to protect their children in the virtual world.

All adults who work in our school are cleared through the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) before they are able to work here as a staff member or volunteer.

Our staff receive annual Safeguarding and Child Protection training and we adhere to a number of policies and procedures, in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the whole school community.

The Governors of our school are fully committed to safeguarding all children and adults in our school community.

What is Safeguarding?

Schools play an essential role in protecting children from abuse. They have regular contact with children and young people so are in a strong position to identify signs of abuse and neglect.

Our school can safeguard children by: 

• creating safe environments for children and young people through robust safeguarding practices.
• ensuring that adults who work in the school, including volunteers, don’t pose a risk to children.
• making sure staff are trained, know how to respond to concerns and keep-up-to-date with policy and practice.
• teaching children and young people about staying safe.
• maintaining an environment where children feel confident to approach any member of staff if they have a worry or problem. 

The Designated Safeguarding leads in our school are:

Mrs Jennifer Gill (Designated Safeguarding Lead) jgill@stpc.bwcet.com

Miss Jennine Bell (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead who is also the teacher responsible for Children in Care and Previously in Care) jbell@stpc.bwcet.com
Mrs Catherine Callaghan (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) ccallaghan@stpc.bwcet.com

Mrs Victoria Pygall (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) vpygall@stpc.bwcet.com

The governor responsible for safeguarding is: Mrs Michelle Walton (Chair of the LGC)
She can be contacted via the school office stpc@stpc.bwcet.com