Meet our Safeguarding Team

Designated Safeguarding Lead                       Deputy Designated                                 Deputy Designated 

Family Wellbeing Coordinator                       Safeguarding Lead &                             Safeguarding Lead & 

            & Prevent Lead                                       Acting Headteacher                                         SENDCO

                Miss S Ali                                               Mrs SJ Thomas                                       Mrs R Jenkins

Safeguarding Children is Everybody's Responsibility 

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as: protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm.  It relates to aspects of school life including:

• pupils’ health and safety
• the use of reasonable force
• meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions
• providing first aid
• educational visits
• intimate care
• internet or e-safety
• appropriate arrangements to ensure school security, taking into account the local context

Are you concerned that a child is being abused or neglected?

If you are concerned about a child and you feel they are being abused, neglected or at risk of abuse/neglect, then you should consider making a safeguarding child referral.

Contact Blackburn with Darwen Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) for confidential advice and consultation. Monday to Friday 08.45-17.00 please call: 

01254 666400

If you are calling outside these hours please contact our Emergency Duty Team on:

01254 587547

You can contact the Blackburn with                                               You can also report your concerns online:

Darwen Local Safeguarding Children                                              NSPCC Website: www.nspcc.org.uk

Board by following the below link:                  

https://parked.lscb.org.uk/                                                               Or you can also speak to:

                                                                                                          NSPCC 0800 800 5000

                                                                                                          Childline 0800 1111

Safeguarding Information 

Key Safeguarding Policies 

PREVENT Strategy  

The Prevent strategy is a government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists, supporting terrorism, fundamentalism or extremist behaviours. It:-

• responds to the ideological challenge we face from terrorism and aspects of extremism, and the threat we face from those who promote these views

• provides practical help to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support

• works with a wide range of sectors (including education, criminal justice, faith, charities, online and health).

At Holy Trinity our DSLs are responsible for any concerns relating to Prevent.

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Internet and E-Safety 

Safety is an important part of keeping children safe at Holy Trinity Primary School . We have extensive security measures in place in school to help safeguard pupils from potential dangers or unsuitable material. Internet and E-Safety is taught to all pupils explaining and demonstrating how to stay safe and behave appropriately online.

We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with parents to ensure the E-Safety message is consistent. It is important that parents speak to their children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online.

It’s essential to be realistic - banning the internet or technology will not work and it often makes a child less likely to report a problem. Education around safe use is essential.

In an ever changing online world it is vital that schools have robust safety procedures in place. Holy Trinity Primary School works with the local education authority to provide the internet in a safe and appropriate way for our pupils. Crystal is used for web filtering purpose to ensure that  appropriate filters are in place for our pupils and staff in school.