Portishead Primary School's Safeguarding Team lead on all matters relating to children’s welfare and child protection concerns. 

Our safeguarding team consists of: 

Designated Safeguarding Lead: 

Lucy Sargent (Headteacher) 

Deputy Safeguarding Leads: 

Alister Meredith (Deputy Headteacher) 

Safeguarding Governors:

Kim Jone and James Gooding

If you have any concerns about the safeguarding of a child, please contact us. If your concern is out of hours, please click here for information. 

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. Safeguarding means:

• protecting children from abuse and maltreatment

• preventing harm to children's health or development

• ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care

• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes

• Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.

You can find our Safeguarding Policy here :

What is Child Protection?

Child Protection is part of Safeguarding and promoting welfare.  It refers to the activity that is undertaken to protect specific children who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm.

 

Mandatory Reporting of FGM - Procedural Information

From 21st October 2015 it is mandatory for teachers, health and social workers to report to the police if they find, or are told, that someone under 18 has undergone FGM.

To obtain more information on FGM please read Keeping Children Safe in Education.