Bede Burn Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils. We believe that:

  • First and foremost our stakeholders and most importantly our children need to be safe and happy;
  • All children have the right to be protected from harm;
  • Children need to be safe and to feel safe in school;
  • Children need support which matches their individual needs, including those who may have experienced abuse;
  • All children have the right to speak freely and voice their values and beliefs;
  • All children must be encouraged to respect each other’s values and support each other;
  • All children have the right to be supported to meet their emotional, and social needs as well as their educational needs – a happy healthy sociable child will achieve better educationally;
  • Schools can and do contribute to the prevention of abuse, victimisation, bullying, exploitation, radicalisation, extreme behaviours, discriminatory views and risk taking behaviours; and
  • All staff and visitors have an important role to play in safeguarding children and protecting them from abuse;
  • A co-ordinated approach – safeguarding is everyone’s
    responsibility;
  • Early intervention is the best way to support children and their families.

Safeguarding is defined as

  • Protecting children from maltreatment;
  • Preventing impairment of children’s health (physical or mental) or development;
  • Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
  • Taking action to enable all children to have the best life chances.

Bede Burn Primary school will fulfil their local and national responsibilities as laid out in the following documents:

Our Safeguarding policy can be found here

The Team:

​Helen Smith Designated Safeguarding Lead and Child Protection

Iain Usher Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead and SENCo