Safeguarding

At Prestwood Village Schools, the health, safety and wellbeing of every child is our paramount concern.

We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us.  Our aim is that children will enjoy their time as pupil in our school.  We want to work in partnership with parents to help your child to achieve their full potential and make a positive contribution. 

To promote a safe environment for pupils, our selection and recruitment policy includes all checks on staff and regular volunteers' suitability, including Criminal Bureau Checks, as recommended by Buckinghamshire Council in accordance with current legislation.

In accordance with our responsibilities under section 175 of the Education Act 2002, we have a Designated Person for Child Protection (Mrs Grace O'Connor) who is a member of the Senior Leadership Team, and has received appropriate training for this role.  It is her responsibility to ensure that all staff in contact with children receive child protection awareness training on a regular basis. 

On rare occasions, our concern about a child may mean that we have to consult other agencies.  Unless it is not safe for a child, we would always aim to achieve this with a parent's consent.  The procedures which we follow, have been laid down by the Local Safeguarding Children's Board, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in line with this for the safety of all. 

Our Safeguarding Governor is Miranda Spackman and he can be contacted via the school office:

Infant School contact

Junior School contact

If you want to know more about our procedures or need advice please contact our Designated Safeguarding Team on 01494 862263 (Infant School) or 01494 8633687 (Junior School)

If you would like to read a copy of Keeping Children Safe In Education and need it translating into another language, please follow this link:

Keeping Children Safe