Our Lady Of Victories Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Safeguarding

We take safeguarding very seriously at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School . Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Los supports with Early help referrals.

Mrs Los is the named person for looked after children (LAC) 

Mr Devlin, Mrs Los and  Miss Earley are safeguarding deputies in the school. Wesley McGlinchey and Sharon DeMatteis are the named governor for Safeguarding. Please contact us at school straight away if you have any worries about children's safeguarding. Some of the policies and documents on this page may be helpful.

Signs and Symptoms of Potential Abuse

We expect all members of our school community to remain vigilant to the signs and symptoms of potential abuse and report any concerns to our Designated Safeguarding Leads.  There are 4 main categories of abuse to be aware of;

• Physical Abuse
• Sexual Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Neglect 

In addition to these areas, the following Safeguarding issues are also high on our agenda;

• The Prevent Duty (Radicalisation & Extremism) 
• Sexual violence and sexual harassment 
• Child on child abuse
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
• Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
• Children Missing From Education (CME)

For further information on this, please see below. 

Our policies.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 2023-24

Safeguarding Staff Handbook

Child-Friendly Child Protection Policy

Safeguarding Addendum - Covid-19

Low level concerns against staff policy

Acceptable Use Policy

Acceptable Use Policy - Staff

Acceptable Use Policy - Pupils

Anti Bullying Policy

Attendance Policy

Complaints Policy

Managing Serial Complaints

Outside Visitors and Agencies Policy

Recruitment and Selection Policy

Supporting Children with Medical Conditions Policy

Supporting Children with Medical Conditions Policy - Appendix 1

Supporting Children with Medical Conditions Policy - Appendix 2

Supporting Children with Medical Conditions Policy - Appendix 3

Supporting Children with Medical Conditions Policy - Appendix 4

Whistleblowing Policy

Follow this link to our Trust website for our Trust Visitors Policy, Online Safety Policy and GDPR documentation.

Below are links to documents that are relevant for safeguarding children.

Working Together to Safeguard Children

Keeping Children Safe In Education

What to do if you're worried a child is being abused

Disqualification under the Childcare Act

The Prevent Duty

Information Sharing Advice

Preventing Bullying and Cyberbullying

Statutory framework for the Early Years

Safer Working Practice

Bradford Safeguarding Website

Safer Bradford Website

Equality Act 2010

Children Missing Education

Guidance for schools and colleges on responding in instances of 'sexting'