Lovington Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment. This means that we ensure that everyone working in our school has successfully completed the necessary clearances to enable them to work with children. 
 
It also means that we have staff members who are specifically trained and nominated as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and deputies within our school. Part of our legal duty to safeguard our children, may also include us needing to consult specifically with and take advice from, the police or Children's Social Care, should the need arise.

By working closely together with you, our staff and our partner agencies, we firmly believe that we will continue to offer a safe learning environment for all our children.

'Safeguarding is Everyone's Responsibility'

 

SAFEGUARDING OUR CHILDREN

CEOP

This is short for - Child Exploitation and Online Protection

 

CEOP is here to keep children safe from sexual abuse and grooming online.

You can make a report directly to the CEOP Safety Centre by clicking on the Click CEOP button (pictured above) if something has happened online which has made you feel unsafe, scared or worried. This might be from someone you know in real life, or someone you have only ever met online. CEOP take all reports seriously and we will do everything we can to keep you safe.

 

As well as making a report to the CEOP Safety Centre, the CEOP Education website has information and advice to help you if something has happened to you online.

 

Safeguarding is of paramount importance at Lovington C of E Primary School.

If you have a concern about a child's welfare or worries that they are at risk of harm, please contact one of the safeguarding team listed below via the school office:

Current Child Protection Leads

​Posi​​tion​​	Name​
​Safeguarding Lead:	Mr Emma Marshall
Deputy Safeguarding Leads:​	Mr John Macdonald Mrs Elspeth Dallard
​Safeguarding Governor:	Miss Lynda Payne
Safeguarding Director for Preston Primary Academy Trust:	Mrs Louise Orton

Telephone: 01963 240305

Email: office@lovington.ppat365.org

If you are worried about a child who could be in danger outside of school, please contact Children's Social Care: 0300 123 2224

Early Help Advice Hub on 01823 35580

Consultation line for DSLs and GPs on 0300 123 3078

Childline: 0800 1111

 childrens@somerset.gov.uk

Alternatively,  you can ring Somerset Direct on:0300 123 2224

Somerset Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO): Anthony Goble and Stacey Davis

You can also ring 999 if a child is in immediate danger.

If you have any concerns about a child, please speak to one of the staff

named above.

 

Lovington C of E Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Child Protection Policy which can be viewed from the policies section of our website.

Sometimes we may need to share information, and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child's welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare.

We actively support the Government's Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism.