Ysgol Gynradd Bryn Awel

At Bryn Awel Primary School we value all our children, parents, members of the community or visitors to our school. Our Safeguarding Policy is designed to keep our children and school community as safe as possible. We are also an operation Encompass School.

Staff will: -

Remember that the priority is to protect the child
Treat the matter seriously
Listen but do not judge
Believe the child
Tell the child they have done the right thing in talking to a safe adult
Tell the child what will happen where possible
Inform the Head Teacher or Deputy Head Teacher of all concerns immediately

Staff will not: -

Contact the parents - this is the job of the Head Teacher/Deputy Head Teacher or Social Services
Ask lots of questions if a child has disclosed concerning information
Speak to anyone about whom the allegations are made (including colleagues)
Promise to keep secrets

Where school staff have concerns for a child, the Head Teacher or Deputy Head Teacher will usually discuss this with the parent, but in some circumstances, this will not be possible and Social Services may be called instead.

Our Safeguarding Team

Senior Designated Person for Child Protection is our Head Teacher - Mrs. Catherine Davies

Deputy Designated Person for Child Protection is our Deputy Head Teacher - Mrs. Natalie Tancock

Deputy Designated Person for Child Protection is our senior teacher- Miss Rebecca Parfitt

Any Safeguarding concerns should be reported to either of these senior leaders.

If you have a concern regarding the senior leaders, please contact our Chair of Governors Mr. Jamie Elliott who has a responsibility for Safeguarding and Child Protection in our school.

Operation Encompass

As a school we are an Operation Encompass School. Mrs Catherine Davies and Mrs Natalie Tancock are the trained Key Adults. Please click on the link below to access the parent letter.