Safeguarding

At Wicor Primary School, keeping our children safe is our main priority and is the key shared responsibility of everyone who comes into contact with our children.

All staff have a crucial role to play in shaping the lives of young people and are accountable for the way in which they exercise authority, manage risk, use resources and protect pupils from discrimination and avoidable harm.

At Wicor Primary School we value and recognise that children learn in an environment which is safe, secure and supportive of all their needs.

All visitors to Wicor Primary school will be required to sign-in using our electronic entry system.  In doing so, visitors acknowledge that they have read and understood their safeguarding responsibilities whilst in our school.

Visitors to our school who can work with children unaccompanied by Wicor Primary School staff wear a green visitor lanyard. Visitors who need to be accompanied throughout their visit by Wicor Primary School staff wear a red visitor lanyard. 

At Wicor Primary School we will do all we can to ensure that:

• The welfare of the child remains paramount.

• All children whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, religious beliefs and/ or sexual identity have the right to be protected from harm.

• All suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately.

• All staff and volunteers working at our school have a responsibility to report concerns to the designated safeguarding leads

The actions that we take to prevent harm; to promote wellbeing; to create safe environments; to educate on rights, respect and responsibilities; to respond to specific issues and vulnerabilities all form part of the safeguarding responsibilities of the school. These are all linked together in our overarching school policy.  In addition, there are many external agencies who can offer advice and support with safeguarding issues and a good place to start is the NSPCC helpline 08 08 800 5000 or via email at help@NSPCC.org.uk 

Health and Safety

The school's Health and Safety Policy and procedures are monitored by ther relevant school staff.  Each term there is at least one emergency evacuation drill ('fire drill') that practises efficient evacuation from the buildings.  The school conducts an annual Fire Risk Assessment. 

Internet Safety

At Wicor we teach children how they can stay safe online, primarily through our High Five approach.

For articles and guidance on all aspects of child internet safety visit www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/.

Parents can use this site to access advice and support on how to keep children safe from abuse, both online and off.

Parents can also use CEOP Website (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) centre to report abuse and exploitation.

Other key policies can be viewed on the links below or hard copies can be requested from the office.

The whole school came together to make an e-safety video to mark Safer Internet Day 2024, raising the profile of our High Five rules for keeping safe online.