Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility

 

Our Commitment

Tweseldown Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that all our recruitment and employment practices reflect this commitment.

The safety and wellbeing of every child in the care of Tweseldown Infant School is our absolute priority. We expect all of our staff, pupils, parents, local community, visitors, contractors and third party professionals to share this view. The safeguarding and protection of children is everyone’s responsibility.

Designated Safeguarding Leads

The term “Designated Safeguarding Lead” (DSL) is used in the DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education document and refers to the person accountable for overseeing the safety and wellbeing of the children in the care of their setting. The role of the DSL must be fulfilled be a member of the schools senior leadership team to ensure that they have appropriate authority and status to provide advice and support to other staff on child welfare and child protection matters.

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Mrs Tottem

DSL	Mrs Tottem
Deputy DSLs	Mrs Barnes Mrs Reid Mrs Fewtrell Mrs Russell Mrs Hill
Wrap-around Deputy DSLs	Mrs Pen Mrs Dawkins

Reporting a Concern

If you have a concern about a child, working adult or volunteer please contact a DSL.

All school DSLs are contactable via: adminoffice@tweseldown.hants.sch.uk

For any concerns regarding the safety of children please contact Children's Services on 0300 5551384

 

 

At Tweseldown Infant School we take safeguarding and child protection very seriously. We have a number of policies and procedures that contribute to our safeguarding commitment. Key policies and other policies can be viewed on our Tweseldown Infant School - Policies page.

We use a computerised system called CPOMS to record and track safeguarding concerns.