Safeguarding and Child Protection

Kilmersdon Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In line with our safeguarding policy and statutory guidance, we have clear procedures in school for responding to any concerns about a child’s safety or wellbeing. The school is secure during the school day so all visitors are asked to report to the main entrance. Please be mindful that for everybody’s safety, identification procedures will be carried out: a copy of which are displayed by the office for your information.

All members of staff are vetted against national safeguarding procedures before being allowed to work in school. At least one member of every interview panel has undertaken safer recruitment training to ensure that best practices and all necessary checks are carried out.

For more information, please review our Safeguarding policies below or please speak to our Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead, Stephen Bamford.

The latest Government publication Keeping Children Safe in Education can be viewed here.

• Keeping Children Safe in Education

If you are concerned about a child’s welfare or worried they are being abused, please contact one of the safeguarding team in school. These are listed below. Alternatively, you can make direct contact with the Local Authority via the link below.

• South West Child Protection Procedures website

Safeguarding Policies

• The Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found on the Policies page

The Safeguarding Team at Kilmersdon Church School

• Designated Safeguarding Lead –  Head Teacher, Stephen Bamford
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead –  Sara Nolan
• Safeguarding Governor – Keith Reynolds

Useful links

• Educate Against Hate website
• NSPCC – Share Aware
• Internet Matters – Online Matters
• The Expert Parent’s Guide to Childhood Anxiety

Anxiety in children

Some resources you may find useful are here:

• Supporting Parents and Carers
• NHS Advice on Anxiety in Children
• NHS Health Visitors
• Kooth – Children aged 11 and over can access support from B&NES Kooth
• Happy Maps – Lots of information about health topics, including mental health

Keeping Your Children Safe Online – Information for Parents

This guidance is to support you to keep your children safe online. The most important thing you can do is talk to your children about what they do online and how they can stay safe.

You can also help to keep them safe online by having parental controls set up and monitoring what your children are accessing online.

Below are some links to useful resources to help you:

• To ensure that you have parental controls set up on the devices that your children are using,
• Give you information and advice about the sites and apps that your children are accessing
• To get help to report any concerns and remove any inappropriate content or material.

• Internet matters – for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• London Grid for Learning – for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Parent Zone – for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Thinkuknow – for advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online
• UK Safer Internet Centre – advice for parents and carers
• NSPCC Online Safety Advice - online safety guides
• Childnet –  Childnet have produced resources for 3-7 year olds and 7-11 year olds

• For 3-7 year olds – Click HERE
• For 7-11 year olds – Click HERE

Parents and children can report any concerns or worries about anything in children’s online learning or any other sites/apps or inappropriate content to enquiries@kilmersdon.bwmat.org Please also contact enquiries@kilmersdon.bwmat.org if you have any questions or need any further advice.