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Safeguarding and Family Support Team
 

  • Mrs M Still (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
  • Mrs G Young (Head Teacher/Deputy Safeguarding Lead)
  • Miss H Bates  (Family Support Worker/Deputy Safeguarding Lead/Young Carer Lead)
  • Miss L Goss (SENDCO/Deputy Safeguarding Lead)

Staff are available in school to help and support parents, carers and families.

Safeguarding Team

Contact number is:

01793 723833If you are worried about a child....

You can call Families and Children Contact Swindon on 01793 464646 or the Emergency Duty team on 436699 and discuss your concerns. If necessary you can do this without giving your name.

You can also report concerns online at: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-you-can-do/report-abuse

NSPCC helpline: Parents and carers can contact the NSPCC helpline whenever they’re worried about a child by calling 0808 800 5000, emailing help@nspcc.org.uk, texting 88858* or contacting us online at nspcc.org.uk/ helpline. The helpline is free, available 24/7 and calls can be made anonymously.  Alternatively the email contact is, Contactchildrenandfamilies@swindon.gov.uk.


What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

Safeguarding means:

  • Providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge
  • Protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online
  • Preventing the impairment of children's mental and physical health or development
  • Ensuring children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provistion of safe and effective care
  • Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
  • Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.

Staff Understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection
All staff must read and sign Part 1 of Keeping children Safe in Education 2025 and all staff receive a minimum of one safeguarding and child protection training session annually.

Additionally there is a rolling programme of professional development for child facing staff to address safeguarding themes throughout the academic year.  

We have a Child friendly Safeguarding Policy in each classroom. 

Safeguarding poster

Early Help for Families

We understand that being a parent or carer is incredibly rewarding, but it can also be hard work. At times, children and families just need a little extra support, and we want you to know that it is absolutely OK to ask for help.

Why might you need help?

There are many reasons a family might want to reach out. We can support you with, or help you find advice for, a wide range of worries, including:

  • Emotional & Mental Wellbeing: Anxiety, school refusal, or friendship concerns.

  • Home & Family Life: Managing behavior, accessing parenting support classes, or establishing routines.

  • Digital Life: Online safety or worries about the overuse of the internet and screens.

  • Practical Matters: Housing concerns, medical advice, or finding and accessing external community services.

  • Specific Needs: Support with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

  • Keeping Safe: Safeguarding concerns, or worries about drugs, alcohol, or gang involvement.

How to get help

Have a conversation with us The best first step is to reach out to a member of our pastoral team, or any member of school staff that you know and trust. You can discuss what is going well and any difficulties your family may be experiencing. We can help you find the right support. Sometimes, just having a conversation can really help lift the weight off your shoulders.

The "Early Help Conversation" Depending on what you need, we might suggest that sharing your situation with other local agencies could be beneficial. This involves starting what is known as an Early Help Conversation.

  • This is a supportive approach to help you find the right help at the right time.

  • It is completely voluntary and is done with you, not to you.

  • Your consent is key: We will ensure that any personal information you give is only ever shared with your permission.

Other Community Support As well as getting help from the school, you can also reach out to your wider family and support networks, or professionals in the community that you may already know—such as health visitors, midwives, doctors, or local charities and voluntary groups. 

 

Safeguarding tips for parents:

Top Tips for keeping your child safe when using the internetThe Underwear rule - Talk pants and keep your child safe

NSPCC Preventing abuse - helping you keep children safe

Thinkuknow - Protecting your children from abuse online

Safer Internet Use - There is guidance here for keeping your family safe when using the internet

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Online Safety - 'Think you know' Protecting your child from abuse online

Anti-bullying parent tool

Additional Information

Swindon Womens Aid:
Our 24hour helpline is always answered by a trained advisor, day and night, every day of the year. 01793 610 610
OR  

National Domestic Abuse Helpline. 0808 2000 247. Call for free and in confidence, 24 hours a day

Call 116 123, any time day or night to talk to Samaritans, or email: jo@samaritans.orgfor a reply within 24 hours

Swindon Food Collective is open during term time and across school holidays. If you are struggling please ask us for a referral to one of their food banks. You can request a referral from contacting many agencies including the CAB, your local church, your midwife, health visiting team, Children's services and school.