Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play. In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, all professionals should make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.
Safeguarding includes the establishment and implementation of procedures to protect children from deliberate harm, however, safeguarding also encompasses all aspects of pupils’ health, and safety and well-being.
George Pindar School is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all children in school. We follow the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Board procedures. The school will, in most circumstances, endeavour to discuss all concerns with parents about their child/ren. However, there may be exceptional circumstances when the school will discuss concerns with Social Care and/or the Police without parental knowledge (in accordance with Child Protection procedures). The school will, of course, always aim to maintain a positive relationship with all parents.
The school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mr B Murray
The school’s Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Miss H Pickles
You can see our Safeguarding Policy here.
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Safeguarding is of the highest priority at George Pindar School. If you have a concern out of school, please contact the Safeguarding Mobile – Tel: 07895132530 or email safeguarding@gps.hslt.academy
At George Pindar School we are continually working to support students in feeling safe and well at school and to enable them to flourish both within and outside of school.
Within school, Mr Murray and Miss Pickles lead the safeguarding and pastoral support alongside the Heads of Year and Form Tutors to offer guidance when needed to all of our students and their parents/carers where appropriate.
We have developed our relationships with the various external agencies to provide additional guidance and support – including the Sidewalk Youth Project, NY Youth Mentoring, NHS North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire Police, Compass Phoenix, Kooth Counselling, Early Help and CAMHS to name but a few services we work with.
Please take a look at our ‘If you need help’ page
In a new joint campaign by The Children’s Society and National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), neighbours and professionals are being urged to look out for signs a child may be being abused at home amid fears that vulnerable children are hidden from view during the lockdown. The ‘Know, Look, Act’ campaign comes as most pupils face an extended summer break, with schools and colleges now not set to fully reopen until September.
More information about The Children’s Society’s Prevention programme, which works to prevent and improve responses to child sexual abuse and exploitation, child criminal exploitation, modern day slavery and human trafficking regionally and nationally in England and Wales, can be found here.
If you have any concerns about a child, please act.
This morning, our Y11s who are working with @NYBEP_NE on the ‘Your Choice Your Voice’ programme had great fun constructing chairs from balloons! The challenge was to make a chair that could be sat upon without it bursting & both teams succeeded! #proudtobepindar #thrivewithhope pic.twitter.com/gj47…
Coventry University are delivering four FREE online security workshops over the coming weeks. One of them is in Eastfield on 2nd March at Eastfield Community Centre (Legacy) 1pm-3pm. The sessions are designed to keep you safe online and avoid the many scams out there. pic.twitter.com/NOF8…
As part of their community project, the ARC learners have visited Saint Cecilia's this week. They have enjoyed getting to know the residents and games of boccia, dominoes and beetle drive! #proudtobepindar #thrivewithhope pic.twitter.com/jvt0…
Looks like we have an engineer in the making! Cheryl from @NYBEP said that Cameron’s bridge was the best she’d ever seen in the ‘Your Voice, Your Choice’ workshop this morning. #proudtobepindar #thrivewithhope #engineering pic.twitter.com/YDgD…
We are very lucky to have @EmotionSwitch working with our Year 7s on Tuesday mornings this half term. They are learning valuable life skills as they work through their ‘My Success Blueprint’ Journal.’ #proudtobepindar #thrivewithhope #EmotionSwitch pic.twitter.com/UDpC…