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Safeguarding at Broomhill

Safeguarding means keeping your child happy, healthy and safe in school. 

Who is responsible for safeguarding?

Broomhill Primary School is committed to safeguarding and everyone is responsible for ensuring high standards of pupil behaviour, safety and welfare. All staff and governors are trained at regular intervals and are aware of how to keep our pupils safe and what signs to look out for.  Our pupils are encouraged to share any concerns and we have robust policies and processes in place that underpin safeguarding.

Across school, we have a culture of vigilance.

The role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead was specified in the Children Act 2004 and ensured that every organisation had a "named person" for safeguarding children and young people. Prior to that, the role had frequently been known as the Child Protection Officer. The Designated Safeguarding Lead has a responsibility at both a strategic level within the organisation and on a day to day basis.

If you are concerned about a child or adult’s welfare who lives in Northumberland, please use the following contact details.

Northumberland OneCall : 01670 536 400 or email: onecall@northumberland.gov.uk

Safer Recruitment 

We carefully check that all staff and volunteers are safe to work with our children. A number of checks are made including DBS checks, references, ID and employment history.  We keep a Single Central Record of all this information and this is regularly monitored.

Visitors and volunteers are rigorously checked in much the same way staff are before they can have any unsupervised access to our children.  Any visitors or contractors on site have to read the Safeguarding Information Leaflet before being signed into the building.  All adults in school wear an ID badge.