School Policies Keeping Your Child Safe

Child Protection Statement At Donnington Wood CE Junior School, we recognise that your child is your responsibility and their safety and well-being your concern. We wish to work in partnership with you, and we will share successes with you, and discuss with you any concerns that we may have. Since your child’s welfare is also our first priority, there may be rare occasions when our concern for your child means that we have to consult other agencies.

We will endeavor to contact you in the first instance and share our concerns and where possible, seek your consent to a referral being made to Children’s Social Care.  

However, this will only be done where we believe that such discussion will not place your child at further or increased risk of significant harm. The welfare of the child will be paramount and will override any other considerations where we consider that to be the case. The procedures we follow are those laid down by the Telford & Wrekin Safeguarding Children Board.  

The school has adopted both Child Protection and Anti Bullying Policies for the safety of all.

If you would like to know more about our procedures or the policies, please speak to Mr Fox, Mr Rawson or Miss Ganderton, who are the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL).

 

Pupils feel safe at our school, September 2023

 At Donnington Wood we teach all our children to use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.

Online Safety is an essential part of our school and is linked to our Behaviour Policy– we deal with all breaches seriously. If you are unsure of anything please speak to any member of staff. If the staff are not available contact https://www.childline.org.uk/ If you are concerned that the issue is more serious- contact CEOP

What are the online safety rules to follow?

In all four nations of the UK, online safety is part of the statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance for schools and colleges. This includes keeping children safe from harmful and inappropriate content online as well as being able to recognise concerns and take appropriate action.

In England, Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) is the statutory guidance for schools with the latest version in force from 1 September 2023.¹

The 4 Cs of online safety

An important step in improving online safety at your school is identifying what the potential risks might be.

KCSIE groups online safety risks into four areas: content, contact, conduct and commerce (sometimes referred to as contract).² These are known as the 4 Cs of online safety.

Content

Content is anything posted online – it might be words or it could be images and video. Children and young people may see illegal, inappropriate or harmful content when online. This includes things like pornography, fake news, racism, misogyny, self-harm, suicide, anti-Semitism, radicalisation and extremism.

Contact

Contact is about the risk of harm young people may face when interacting with other users online. This includes things like peer-to-peer pressure or seeing inappropriate commercial advertising. Sometimes adults pose as children or young adults with the intention of grooming or exploiting a child or young person for sexual, criminal, financial or other purposes.

Conduct

Conduct means the way people behave online. Some online behaviour can increase the likelihood, or even cause, harm – for example, online bullying. Conduct also includes things like sharing or receiving nudes and semi-nude images and viewing or sending pornography.

Commerce

Commerce is about the risk from things like online gambling, inappropriate advertising, phishing or financial scams. Children and young people may be exposed to these risks directly. Schools should also consider how the risk from commerce applies to staff.