Safeguarding

Safeguarding

All members of the Betty Layward Primary School community believe that safeguarding and pupil welfare are the highest priorities and we work together to ensure that all necessary measures are taken to keep our pupils safe every day. We are proud of the safeguarding culture that we have established which unites us all in our shared commitment to protect children.

Our school promotes a rich and diverse learning experience for all pupils and our staff and governors work hard to ensure the needs of each pupil are met and cared for.

Designated school safeguarding leads:

Jessica Bailey - Headteacher

Salwa Ghanem - Deputy Headteacher

Michael Buck - Assistant Headteacher

Briony Blow - Assistant Headteacher

Cat Gibbons - Inclusion Manager

Adam Roland (Chair of Governors) - Safeguarding Governor

Sally Stewart (Deputy Chair of Governors) - Safeguarding Governor

Contact Numbers:

For urgent Child Protection/Safeguarding advice:

Hackney Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - 0208 356 5500/4844

Emergency out of hours duty team - 0208 356 2710/2346

NSPCC whistle-blowing helpline - 0800 028 0285

MASH email address: MASH@hackney.gov.uk

MASH referral link: The link to the online form for referrals to MASH can be accessed at:

https://hackney.gov.uk/child-protection

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) - 0208 356 4569 or LADO@hackney.gov.uk

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding children is defined in Working Together to Safeguard Children as:

providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge
protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online
preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development
ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
promoting the upbringing of children with their birth parents, or otherwise their family network through a kinship care arrangement, whenever possible and where this is in the best interests of the children
taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes in line with the outcomes set out in the Children’s Social Care National Framework.

Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation apply to all children up to the age of 18.

What is Child Protection?

As per the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance, child protection is defined as part of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is designated for the purpose of this guidance as an activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suspected to be suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm. This includes harm that occurs inside or outside the home, including online.