‘Working together to keep our children safe’
At this school, we know that your child is primarily your responsibility and concern. We always aim to work in partnership with parents and carers to ensure the safety and welfare of your child. Where possible, we will discuss any concerns we have regarding your child’s welfare directly with you. However, there may be rare occasions when our concern about your child means that we have to consult other agencies before we contact you. These procedures have been established by the Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnerships and the school has adopted the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy provided by the Local Authority. This ensures safety for all.
If you want to know more about our procedures or policies, or if you have a concern about the welfare of a child, please speak to Mrs Tomlinson who is the Designated Safeguarding Leads for Safeguarding and Child Protection or one of the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads as shown below.

For more information please click on our ‘Discover our School – Key Info – Policies’ tabs at the top of this webpage and you can view the school’s Child Protection & Safeguarding Policies.
We recently sent a survey out to parents to get their feedback on our site security. We have analysed the results and shown how we have listened. The guide can be found on the link below.
Site Security
We also ensure that through our school vision, values, rules, curriculum and teaching that we promote tolerance and respect for all cultures, faiths and lifestyles. The governing body also ensures that this ethos is reflected and implemented effectively in school policy and practice and that there are effective risk assessments in place to safeguard and promote students’ welfare. We have a duty to prepare our children for life in modern Britain and to keep them safe. Pupils who attend our school have the right to learn in safety. We do not tolerate bullying of any kind and will challenge derogatory language and behaviour towards others.
Family Connect Telford
Do you know what to look for, what abuse looks like? Do you know what to do if you are worried or concerned about a child you think maybe being abused?
Sexual Abuse
A child may:-
- Behave in an sexual inappropriate way.
- Become withdrawn or clingy.
- Have emotional outbursts.
- Become secretive.
- Act out sexual acts with toys or objects.
- Have physical discomfort –anal/vaginal soreness.
- STI’s/Pregnancy.
- Avoid or fear of being alone with certain people or family members.
- Show sexual awareness beyond their experience or age.
Emotional Abuse
A child may:-
- Have physical/emotional delay in development.
- Over react to mistakes.
- Say, I’m stupid, I’m worthless etc. I deserve this…
- Freeze, become trance like.
- Self comfort, thumb suck, hair twist or rock.
- Self-harm.
- Fear parents being contacted.
- Have poor school attendance.
- Be very passive or aggressive.
Physical Abuse
A child may:-
- Be unusually fearful of adults.
- Be unnaturally compliant to parents.
- Refuse to discuss injuries/fear medical help.
- Withdraw from physical contact.
- Be aggressive towards others.
- Wear cover up clothes.
- Behave in a way that you would not expect for their age or development.An abuser may say the child is clumsy, fabricate or induce illness in a child.
Neglect
A child may:-
- Be dirty or smelly with unwashed clothes.
- Persistently have inadequate clothes or equipment, ie no coat or PE kit.
- Turn up to school hungry not having breakfast. Asking for or stealing food.
- Have untreated injuries, missed doctors or dental appointments.
- Skin sores, rashes, flea bites, scabies or ringworm.
- Be thin or have a swollen tummy.
- Be tired and/or pale.
- Have poor language, communication and social skills.
So what …? Do you know what to do if you have even the slightest concern?