Safeguarding
Child Protection
Staincliffe Junior School takes the welfare of children extremely seriously and follows legislative guidelines in its dealings with all aspects of safeguarding pupils.
The school has a Child Protection Policy in place which details the procedures to be followed in the case of a child protection incident.
All school staff have an important role to play in recognising and taking appropriate action in cases of suspected child abuse and all staff have had the appropriate training.
All staff within Staincliffe Junior School have been instructed to report any suspicions to the Headteacher or the Designated Teacher with responsibility for Child Protection.
The Headteacher is required under the procedures to alert the Kirlees Social Care of any concerns relating to Child Protection.
If there are any issues about your child you wish to discuss, no matter how sensitive, please contact the Headteacher.
The Designated Senior Lead with responsibility for Safeguarding is:
Mr Paul Dixon (Headteacher)
The Designated Deputy Senior Leaders with responsibility for Safeguarding are:
Miss Jodi Bennett (Deputy head) and Mrs Cath Tankard (Assistant head)
The Designated Governor with responsibility for Safeguarding is:
Fr Jay Hewitt
Our Safeguarding Policy & Child Protection can be found here
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