Safeguarding

Safeguarding children and young people is everyone’s responsibility.
All staff at Hunslet Carr Primary School and its governors are fully committed to safeguarding its pupils and vulnerable families.  
The school follows closely the Leeds model policy for Safeguarding and Child Protection. All those who work in school are expected to follow all relevant policies and guidelines printed below:

​To read the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, please click   here  

To read Safer Working Practice, please click   here

To read the Keeping Children Safe in Education Policy, please click here   
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The Governing Board keep these policies under regular review. They ensure the Head Teacher provides termly updates on safeguarding as part of the report to Governors. The Governing Board has appointed Jon Hairsine and Paul Wray as a named Governors for Child Protection and Looked After Children.


All staff, governors and volunteers are trained in Child Protection procedures at a minimum of every three years. Along with the Headteacher, our school has a Safeguarding Team which consists of Andy Hinchcliffe who is the Lead Child Protection Officer and works alongside designated staff member Polly Sidebottom. This safeguarding team receive child protection training at least every two years. Other staff compliment our safeguarding expertise; Jordan Clough and Charlie Sharp lead on risk assessments and ensuring our building is safe for the children and staff.

In this day and age, pupils’   online safety   is extremely important and pupils at Hunslet Carr Primary School are made aware of how to keep safe when using games and the internet including social media. We provide plenty of advice and tips in newsletters on how to support your children online, on the internet – even whilst gaming! See our useful links page for more information.
As part of all our safeguarding roles in school, we have a duty of care to ensure that our children and young people are supported after any incidents of domestic violence and abuse. The   domestic violence and abuse school notification project   which we are part of, has been designed to provide confidential notification to schools on any incidents of domestic violence and abuse which occur within a child’s household that might have an impact on a child whilst they are in school. After an incident has been reported, someone from the Safeguarding Team is usually notified the same or following day. 
We also have a duty to safeguard children from    radicalisation and extremism. This means we have a responsibility to protect children from extremist and violent views the same way we protect them from drugs or violence.
We are committed to helping all our families especially when they need support for whatever reason. Our main aim is the protection and safeguarding of our children and young people.
In September 2018, the school had a   safeguarding  audit   from the Local Authority.  We’re very proud to say the feedback was really positive and some of our practice and evidence was described as ‘exemplary’!

To read the Safeguarding Audit Report from Leeds City Council, please click here

For useful Safeguarding links for parents, please click here