Safeguarding

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Safeguarding and Child Protection in Schools - A Guide for Schools

PRINCIPLES IN SAFEGUARDING

• The principles below are based on and adapted from the DE Safeguarding and Child Protection in Schools; A guide for Schools, (2017/04), updated September 2023.

• The child or young person’s welfare is Our children and young people will always be our first priority. 

• The VOICE OF THE CHILD or young person should be heard. We communicate with and listen to all our children and young people. 

• We support our parents to exercise PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.

• We work in PARTNERSHIP with our children and young people, our parents and guardians as well as with other agencies such as social services and PSNI.

• We do all we can to PREVENT child abuse by using the preventative curriculum to inform children how to keep safe. We model healthy relationships in school.

• Our responses are PROPORTIONATE to the circumstances and we will work hard to make sure children are safe in our care.

• We will adhere to our child protection and safeguarding policy to make sure everyone in our school community is PROTECTED from harm.

• We will make EVIDENCE BASED and informed decisions and we will use the support and guidance of the EA CPSS to help us in this.