Safeguarding

Alison Norman 
DSL

Janice Paisley and Harley Morgan
ADSL

The named safeguarding governor is Ellen Wicks

You can report any concern you may have by speaking to a member of our team directly. Alternatively you can email safeguarding@woodsloke.org by clicking the button below. If you have serious, immediate concerns relating to the safety of a child, please contact the police and/or social services in the first instance.

Prevent Strategy & British Values:

What is the Prevent strategy?

Prevent is a government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist or extremist causes.
The Prevent strategy covers all types of terrorism and extremism, including the extreme right wing, religious extremists and other causes.

How does the Prevent strategy apply to schools?

From July 2015, all schools (as well as other organisations) have a duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism.

At Woods Loke Primary School, we take our responsibility to protect children from extremist and violent views very seriously. Importantly, we can provide a safe place for pupils to discuss these issues so they better understand how to protect themselves.

What does this mean in practice?

Many of the things we already do to help children become positive, happy members of society also contribute to the Prevent strategy.

These include:

• Exploring other cultures and religions and promoting diversity
• Challenging prejudices and racism
• Developing critical thinking skills and a strong, positive self-identity
• Promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils, as well as British values

We will also protect children from the risk of radicalisation, for example by using filters on the internet to make sure they can’t access extremist and terrorist material, or by vetting visitors who come into school to work with pupils.

Different schools will carry out the Prevent duty in different ways, depending on the age of the children and the needs of the community.