Safeguarding

Safeguarding is....

• Protecting children from abuse and maltreatment.
• Preventing harm to children’s health or development.
• Ensuring children grow up with provision of safe and effective care.
• Taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.
• ‘The welfare of the child is paramount’ (the Children Act 1989).
• Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 (Section 157 for Independent Schools) places a statutory responsibility on the governing body to have policies and procedures in place that safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are pupils in the school.

‘The Riders Federation and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers, stakeholders and visitors to share this commitment.’

There are Designated Safeguarding Leads and trained staff across the federation and these are;

• Mrs E Leach - Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Mr B Bourton - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Miss S Norris - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Mrs K Pagdin - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Mrs P Lewis - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Leads can be identified by their yellow lanyards. 

Our Safeguarding Governor is:  Vicki Wise 

If you ever have any concerns that are of a safeguarding nature in relation to the vulnerability and/or risk of any of our children and/or families, please contact one of these members of staff via the school office.

The following link from the Hampshire County Council website provides contact telephone numbers to be used if you have any safeguarding concerns of children outside of school, or that you cannot report to the school.

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/childrens-services/contact-cs.htm

The contact telephone numbers are as follows;

Office Hours – 0300 555 1384
Out of Hours – 0300 555 1373

You can also e-mail Children’s Services at childrens.services@hants.gov.uk and e-mails are checked within office hours.

In an emergency call 999.