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Welcome to Greenleys Junior School

Safeguarding

An introduction

Greenleys Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility. Greenleys Junior School is committed to ensuring that all our children and young people are safe and feel safe; that children, parents/carers and staff are able to talk about any safeguarding concerns and feel assured that they will be listened to; and that all staff and volunteers are aware of and implement safeguarding procedures and guidance, including what to do if they suspect a child or young person may be experiencing, or be at risk of, harm.

At Greenleys Junior School the welfare of our pupils is paramount.

Under the Children Act 1989 the School has a duty to keep all children safe and to protect them from harm.

Any issue relating to child protection should be referred to one of the trained safeguarding team:

Vicki Thurstance – Head of School & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Alastair Chapman – Deputy Headteacher
Janet Jago – Business Manager
Amanda Kitching – HLTA
Mel Knight – SENDCo
Mike Talbot – Executive Headteacher

Any case of suspected abuse will be monitored and will be referred to the Children’s Services Department of Milton Keynes Council.

At Greenleys Junior School we recognise that children are vulnerable to and capable of abusing other children. We take such abuse as seriously as abuse perpetrated by an adult. This includes verbal as well as physical abuse. Child on child abuse will not be tolerated or passed off as part of “banter” or “growing up”.

We are committed to a whole school approach to ensure the prevention, early identification and appropriate management of child on child abuse within our school and beyond. All staff are expected to have read Sexual violence and sexual harassment advice alongside the Child Protection Policy.

In cases where child on child abuse is identified we will follow our child protection procedures, taking a contextual approach to support all children and young people who have been affected by the situation.

We recognise that child on child abuse can manifest itself in many ways such as:

• Child Sexual Exploitation
• Sexting or youth produced digital imagery
• Upskirting
• Bullying
• Radicalisation
• Abuse in intimate relationships
• Children who display sexually harmful behaviour
• Gang association and serious violence (County Lines)
• Technology can be used for bullying and other abusive behaviour
• Protected characteristics (Race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and gender identity, religion and belief discrimination)

*This list is not exhaustive

Some of these behaviours will need to be handled with reference to other policies in school such as the behaviour policy, anti- bullying policy, child protection policy and online safety policy.

Our Child on Child Abuse Policy can be found in the Policies tab on this website.