Safeguarding

Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024

Safeguarding and Child Protection in Schools

At Our Lady of Grace we are committed to safeguarding all of our children. Schools play an essential role in protecting children from abuse and have regular contact with children and young people so are in a strong position to identify signs of abuse and neglect.

We safeguard children by:

• creating a safe environment through robust safeguarding practices
• ensuring that adults who work in the school, including volunteers, don't pose a risk to children
• making sure staff are trained, know how to respond to concerns and keep-up-to-date with policy and practice
• teaching children and young people about staying safe
• maintaining an environment where children feel confident to approach any member of staff if they have a worry/problem
• all staff, governors and volunteers who meet the criteria for regulated activity have an enhanced DBS and this is subject to a 3 yearly renewal in line with Royal Borough of Greenwich's DBS Policy.

If you have any safeguarding concerns please contact the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) during normal school hours via phone (020 8858 2262) or email: (sao@ourladyofgraceschool.co.uk).

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Mr Sean Small, Headteacher

Our Deputy Safeguarding Lead is: Miss Tham Huynh, Acting Deputy Headteacher

 

 

Internet Safety Workshop for Parents - 3rd March 2025

As part of our commitment to E-safety throughout the school, we held an Internet Safety and Safeguarding Workshop for parents run by Ken Palmer, Safeguarding Co-ordinator on 3rd March 2025. The session covered some of the dangers that children face online and gave parents ideas and ways to keep their children safe.

Parents can visit www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents for further information and advice on supporting your child to be safe online. 

Please click on the links below for more information:

Safeguarding & Child Protection in Education

Internet Safety Workshop Presentation

 

NSPCC - Speak Out, Stay Safe

Katie Fudge and her mascot Buddy, delivered their Speak Out, Stay Safe programme to the children in an assembly as well as a workshop for Years 5 & 6.

This child-friendly, interactive programme gave the children information about how to keep themselves safe from harm and how to get help if they have any worries.

  

 

Safeguarding Audit 

An external advisor carried out a safeguarding audit at the beginning of September and judged that Safeguarding within Our Lady of Grace is effective.

The report stated that:

'The Safeguarding Audit confirmed that the recommendations from the previous audit had been implemented. From discussions with staff, with governors and with pupils and from documentation available before and during the visit, it is the opinion of the external advisor that the School has effective systems for Safeguarding staff and pupils in the School.'