Safeguarding Who’s Who

At St Peter’s Anglican Methodist Primary School we take seriously our responsibility to protect and safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people in our care.

Any member of staff or visitor to our school who suspects abuse may have occurred, receives a disclosure of information or is concerned for the wellbeing of a child or young person, must report it immediately to a member of our Safeguarding team.

Emma Wharram

Safeguarding & Child Protection Governor

Alternatively, you can contact the following:

• Local Authority’s Designated Officer (LADO): Jon Goddard 01454 868508/lado@southglos.gov.uk  
• South Gloucestershire Access & Response Team: 01454 866000/accessandresponse@southglos.gov.uk
• South West Child Protection Procedures can be found at South Glos safeguarding 

Self harm

As a school we have decided to follow the guidance from the NSPCC for primary aged children. This link takes you to the page where there are many different questions raised and answered on the reasons and strategies to deal with children who are self harming. NSPCC | The UK children's charity | NSPCC

In school we ensure that the children's mental health and well being are catered for through a variety of excellent pastoral care, guidance and provision for those children who may be vulnerable.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/self-harm/

Early Help 

The school supports pupils, parents and families through Early Help strategies, personalised support and use of workshops to enhance the care of pupils. These can be attending parental workshops, in the home support from Families Plus or CCP or through the action planning within an EHAP (Early Help Action Plan). 

Please follow the link to see what is on offer Early help | SafeguardingSouth Gloucestershire Safeguarding

We also have links to the parent and child training and workshops run by Jigsaw Thornbury. These are free to all parents within St Peter's to support family dynamics, strategies for resilience and network support from other parents. Please follow the links for information and booking (please state when booking your child attends St Peter's) JIGSAW Thornbury | For Children with Additional Needs and Disabilities - SEN Lending Library, Events, Meetings, Bristol Area and the South West.

School Security

The school is protected by an intruder alarm system, which is linked to a control centre and the Police. Coded security locks are on external doors and during the day, visitors to the school should inform the office staff of their arrival. Anyone collecting a child during the day for any reason should notify office staff of their presence and intentions. All staff are alert to the need to report any person or occurrence, which may pose a danger to the children.