Our Approach to Safeguarding
At Bowbrook Primary School, we believe that it is always unacceptable for a child or young person to experience abuse of any kind and recognise that safeguarding the welfare of all children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. We follow Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership (SSCP) multi-agency procedures and acknowledge that the welfare of the child is paramount. At Coleham Primary School, it is our duty to respond promptly and appropriately to all concerns, incidents or allegations of abuse or neglect of a child. We work in partnership with children, young people, their parents, carers and other agencies. Our statutory duties and supporting guidance are set out in The Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2026, the Ofsted Compulsory Childcare Register, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is the Headteacher Mr Sam Aiston.
We have 3 other Safeguarding Leads available in school.
You can view the staff HERE
- Mrs Ellie Madden (Assistant Headteacher) Deputy DSL
- Mrs Charlotte Forrester (Senior Teacher) Deputy DSL
- Miss Gemma Jones (SENDCo) Deputy DSL
Our Safeguarding link governor is : Mr Phil Wilson
Our Trust Safeguarding leads are: Mrs Claire Jones & Mrs Sadie Howson
Concerns
Should you have any concerns about a child at Bowbrook Primary School please speak to a member of school staff immediately. All staff are trained and will log your concern which will immediately be sent to Designated Safeguarding Leads for review.
How can I report abuse?
ANYBODY CAN REPORT A CONCERN DIRECTLY TO SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL FIRST POINT OF CONTACT TEAM.
To report a safeguarding concern ring First Point of Contact team on 0345 678 9044 Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm, and Friday 9am to 4pm.
If you have urgent adult safeguarding concerns outside of these hours, please phone the Emergency Social Work Duty Team on 0345 678 9040.
If you believe there is immediate danger you should call 999.
Childline can be accessed on 0800 11 11
• NSPCC can be accessed on 0808 800 5000
Safeguarding Information for parents booklet
Operation Encompass
At Bowbrook we work with professionals through the Operation Encompass alert system. This means that school is alerted to any domestic incidents which have been reported within the family home. School is made aware of these incidents so that we can be informed and prepared before the child comes into school, enabling us to meet their emotional needs and provide support where needed. Please see the Operation Encompass website for more information:
Home : Operation Encompass
Safer Recruitment:
Safer Recruitment is integral to maintaining a safe and secure learning environment.
Safeguarding all our children is of paramount importance to us therefore, all necessary risk assessments are carried out prior to any activity. Enhanced DBS checks are carried out when recruiting all new staff and volunteers. When welcoming visitors we check whether they have a DBS and carefully monitor their contact with children according to the regulated activity rules in the DBS guidelines. We ensure at least one member of staff and governors who are involved in the recruitment process have attended “Safer Recruitment Training.” New staff are made aware of all the related Safeguarding documents including the Child Protection policy as part of the induction process and all staff receive Child Protection Awareness training regularly.
Safeguarding in our curriculum
We teach our children the skills and knowledge needed to keep themselves and others safe using 1Decision and NSPCC materials. There are some examples available via: How does our curriculum teach children to be safe ?
Links to useful websites below:
Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership website
Child Exploitation Shropshire website (TREES)
NSPCC website
Operation Encompass website
CEOP (child exploitation and online protection) website
Childline website
Think U Know information
NSPCC Pants programme & underwear rule
Shropshire School Nursing team website