Lainesmead Primary School’s Commitment to Safeguarding and Child Protection

If you or your child have any worries at this difficult time of coronavirus you may find some additional advice below.

This school takes seriously its responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of the children and young people in its care and expects all staff and visitors and external staff to share this responsibility.

The staff and governors of Lainesmead Primary School are committed to:

• Maintaining an attitude of ‘it could happen here’.
• Ensuring the school practices safer recruitment in checking the suitability of staff, governors and volunteers to work with children.
• Establishing and maintaining a safe school environment, where all children feel secure, can learn and develop, are encouraged to talk and are listened to.
• Ensuring children are taught about safeguarding, including online safety, through teaching and learning opportunities, as part of a broad and balanced curriculum.
• Working in partnership with other agencies and share information with them.
• Ensuring staff receive regular safeguarding training and are updated accordingly.
• Ensure everyone understands and adheres to the school’s code of conduct.

Safer Recruitment Procedures

This school works in line with the statutory guidance for schools and colleges: 'Keeping children Safe in education'. An enhanced DBS certificate, which includes barred list information, is required for any staff/adult who will be engaging in regulated activity (working unsupervised with children).
Where staff from external organisations are working with our pupils, we ensure that the letter of assurance received confirms that the relevant checks are in place, including a barred list check if the individual is working in regulated activity.

Important Safeguarding Information

Our Executive Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Alyssia Mepstead (Headteacher).

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Sophie Jarrett (Welfare Officer).

Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are Mrs Dani Crouch (Deputy Headteacher), Mrs Nicole Deacon-Willis (SENCO) and Miss Kate Bees (Assistant Headteacher). 

The named governor responsible for safeguarding is Mr A Mulrooney.

If you are concerned about the safety or wellbeing of any child, please use one of the following:

• contact school and ask to speak to a member of the safeguarding team
• contact a member of the safeguarding team by emailing safeguarding@lainesmeadprimary.co.uk
• contact the NSPCC safeguarding helpline on 0808 800 5000
• contact a member of Contact Swindon 01793 464646 (Mondays - Thursdays 8:30am - 4:40pm, Fridays 8:30am - 4:30pm).  There is also an emergency out of hours service available outside of these times.  The number to call for this is: 01793 436699