Penistone Grammar School

Safeguarding at Penistone Grammar School

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Mrs K Crook. The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are Mr J Bedford, Miss J Cooper, and Miss K Tebbutt.

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All members of the safeguarding team, including the Principal, undertake level 3 and/or 4 child protection training and training in inter-agency working, which is kept up to date with refresher and new training on an annual basis. Staff are supported by the DSL and the DDSL and the DSL and the DDSL are supported by the Principal and the Safeguarding Governor.

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All staff, including temporary staff, volunteers and Governors are provided with the school's child protection guidelines and policy and are informed of the school's child protection arrangements on induction.

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All staff share an objective to help keep children and young people safe by contributing to:

• Providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn and develop within our school setting

• Identifying children and young people who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm and taking appropriate action with the aim of making sure they are kept safe both at home and in our school setting

• Providing a stimulating, enriching curriculum that promotes health and wellbeing and enables children to know how to keep safe and manage risk.

All staff, including temporary staff and governors at Penistone Grammar School undertake training on safeguarding children that enables them to fulfil their responsibilities in respect of child protection effectively. The training is refreshed on a regular basis to keep staff knowledge and skills up to date.

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All staff follow Working Together to Safeguard Children and Keeping Children Safe in Education. Through their day-to-day contact with students, staff have a crucial role to play in keeping children safe. Parents and carers should be aware, therefore, that where it appears to a member of staff that a child may be at immediate risk, the school is required, as a part of local child protection procedures, to report their concerns to Social Services immediately.