SAFEGUARDING AND CHILD PROTECTION

Four Marks Primary School is a community and all those directly connected (staff, governors, parents, families and pupils) have an essential role to play in making it safe and secure. Four Marks Primary School recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children with their best interests at the centre of our work.

Four Marks School recognises the importance of providing an ethos and environment within school that will help children to feel safe, secure and respected; encourage them to talk openly; and enable them to feel confident that they will be listened to. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice.

OUR SCHOOL CORE SAFEGUARDING PRINCIPLES ARE:

• That schools are an important part of the wider safeguarding system for children.

• It is a whole school responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as its paramount concern.

• All children regardless of age, gender, ability, culture, race, language, religion or sexual identity, have equal rights to protection.

• All children have a right to be heard and to have their wishes and feelings taken into account. 

• All staff understand safe professional practice and adhere to our code of conduct and other associated policies.

• All staff have a responsibility to recognise vulnerability in children and act on any concern in accordance with this guidance.

Below are our Child Protection and Safeguarding policies, along with the latest Government guidance. 

If you have a concern about a child adult, please get in contact with Hampshire Children's Services: Monday - Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm, phone 0300 555 1384. 

If it is an emergency and a child is in immediate danger, call 999. 

At Four Marks Primary School our Designated Safeguard Lead is: 

Mr Warren Glew, Headteacher 

Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are: 

Mrs Amy Cox, Deputy Headteacher 

Mrs Kelly Pink, Deputy Headteacher 

Mrs Charlotte Dean-Hughes, Inclusion Manager

Our Prevent Lead is Mr Warren Glew.

Our Designated Teacher for Looked After and Post Looked After Children is Mrs Amy Cox.