School policies and procedures cover every aspect of school life. Below are some of our most important policies and procedures for your reference. If you want to know our policy on something that is not listed, please ask the school office.  If you wish to receive a paper copy of any policy or any information on the website, this will be given to you free of charge.

Safeguarding Statement

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

 At Ducklington CE Primary School, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is our highest priority. We are committed to creating a safe, nurturing environment where every child can learn, develop and thrive.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility here at Ducklington CE and we work together as a whole school community – staff, governors, parents and pupils – to keep children safe.

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding means:

  • Protecting children from maltreatment
  • Preventing harm to children’s health or development
  • Ensuring 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

Safeguarding includes keeping children safe at school, online, in the community and at home.

How do we keep children safe at Ducklington CE?

Staff training and awareness

All staff and governors receive safeguarding and child protection training at induction, which is updated regularly and at least annually. This ensures everyone in our school community knows how to recognise signs of abuse or neglect and understands their responsibilities. Our training covers: recognising different types of abuse and neglect, online safety and protecting children in the digital world, The Prevent duty – protecting children from radicalisation, child-on-child abuse, mental health and wellbeing concerns, and local safeguarding issues relevant to our community.

Daily Safeguarding Practice

We keep children safe every day at Ducklington CE by maintaining a vigilant and caring staff team who know the children well. We create an environment where children feel safe to speak up and teach them about safeguarding, including how to stay safe online as part of our broad and balanced curriculum. We also follow robust safer recruitment procedures when appointing staff and maintain secure premises and appropriate supervision for the children. We work hard to ensure the children know how to raise concerns and how any concerns will be handled.

Working with other agencies

We work closely with:

  • Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board
  • Children’s social care services
  • Police and health services
  • Other local agencies

We share information appropriately when necessary to protect children and support families.

Our Safeguarding Team

If you have any concerns about a child’s safety or well-being, please contact a member of our safeguarding team:

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL):

Mrs Heidi Bramwell

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads:

Mrs Harriette Chowne, Mrs Hannah Allen, Miss Georgina Nutt

Safeguarding Governors:

Mrs Sarah Kerswell, Mrs Alison Spencer-Schoeman

How to raise a concern

If you’re worried about a child:

All concerns will be taken seriously and handled with sensitivity and confidentiality.

If you’re worried about a member of staff:
  • Contact the Headteacher immediately
  • If your concern is about the Headteacher, contact the Chair of Governors (Rebecca Buckland) via office.3122@ducklington.oxon.sch.uk or call 01993703651

If you believe a child is in immediate danger:

  • Call the police on 999
  • Then inform the school as soon as possible

Supporting Parents and families

We recognise that parents and carers play the most important role in keeping children safe. We encourage you to talk to us if you need support or have concerns. We want to work in partnership with you to safeguard your child and help your child understand how to keep themselves safe, including online. We can offer support and also signpost you to additional services where needed.

Teaching children to keep themselves safe

We provide an open forum for children to discuss potentially sensitive issues through our curriculum, including relationships and health education, online safety lessons, PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic education) and through Collective Worship themes and discussions.

Children learn how to recognise when they feel unsafe, the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour, who they can talk to if they’re worried and how to stay safe online and offline.

Our key policies

You can find our full safeguarding policies on our website (Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy; Anti-Bullying Policy; Behaviour Policy; Whistleblowing Policy) – please see below. Paper copies are available free of charge from the school office.

External Support and Resources

If you need additional support or advice, these organisations can help:

NSPCC Helpline: 0808 800 5000
Childline: 0800 1111 (for children and young people)
Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board: https://www.oscp.org.uk
CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection): www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre

Further Information

Our safeguarding procedures follow:

This safeguarding statement was last reviewed: May 2026
Next review date: September 2026

 

 

 

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