Safeguarding
We take safeguarding very seriously at St John's and do our utmost to ensure children are safe and secure at all times.
If you have any safeguarding concerns then please get in touch with us and speak to our safeguarding team:
Designated safeguarding lead (DSL): Mark Harrison, headteacher
Deputy designated safeguarding leads: Carys Clark, Deputy Headteacher and Ali Mottram (pastoral lead)
Below is a list of useful numbers. If you ever need a safe space to make a call then please pop in and see us.
NSPCC, https://www.nspcc.org.uk/, 0800 800 5000
Childline, 0800 1111 https://www.childline.org.uk/
Cheshire East Safeguarding team: 0300 123 5012 (option 3). Out of hours: 0300 123 5022.
You can call 999 in an emergency.
We are an Operation Encompass school which means any police involvement or police visits to the house will be shared with school so that we can safeguard children. There is a poster explaining more below.
There is also a file below on Private Fostering. We take information from you when you join to ensure that this is illegal arrangement is not in place.
Family Hubs are an incredible source of support in Cheshire East: please check out the link below:
https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/livewell/care-and-support-for-children/family-hubs/family-hubs.aspx
Curriculum
We teach children how to be safe throughout the curriculum (see teaching and learning section of website).
The PSHE in particular supports children to be safe and we supplement this with visits from police and visits to Safety Central amongst many other things!
Support in school
School has a range of support outlined on the website including ELSA, pastoral lead, Zones of Regulation and a very strong ethos of care for the child.