At Longhorsley C of E first School, Safeguarding is paramount.
Safeguarding children and protecting them from harm is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and families has a role to play.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children as defined by Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 is:
- providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge;
- protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online;
- preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;
- ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Mrs Brannen is our Designated Safeguarding Lead with Mr Morris and Mrs Campbell as Deputy Safeguarding leads.
What our Parents say:
“Longhorsley is a happy, safe environment for our son. He happily runs into school every day.”
“School is a lovely calm and supportive environment where the children thrive as individuals and as part of the school and village community.”
“Lovely and Welcoming School with lovely parents, teachers and children.”
What our Children think:
“At a recent Governor monitoring visit, children explained that they all felt safe in school. One child mentioned the ‘Longhorsley room of peace’ as a place he particularly felt safe in”.
“All children were clear in their understanding of who the trusted adults are in school”.
“Children spoke about the school rules linking them to the school core values to keep them safe”.
| Policies | |
| Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 2025-2026 | Download |
| Child Friendly Safeguarding Policy | Download |
| Smartphone – The Parent Pact | Download |
Useful sites:
CEOP Education. The National Crime Agency’s CEOP Education team aim to help protect children and young people from online child sexual abuse. This site gives lots of information for parents and children and a link to report an issue
NSPCC – Website If you have concerns about a child’s safety or wellbeing.
