Christ Church CE VC Infants is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  At CCI we work together as a team to keep all of the children in our 'Caring Community' safe. We do this through our Safeguarding policies and procedures, PSHE (Personal, Social & Health Education) Jigsaw curriculum, E-safety curriculum and our SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) provision.

Click on the link below to go to the 'Policies' page to view the specific policies relating to Safeguarding and Child Protection.

PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) and Assemblies

Throughout the year, we regularly talk to the children about the NSPCC's underwear rule to reinforce what they learn in their Jigsaw - PSHE lessons. We also reinforce this in year group assemblies so that children are really clear about telling 'safe adults' in school if they are worried about something that is happening to them or someone they know. During these assemblies we will aim to teach the children the following important safety skills without giving explicit information or telling scary stories.  We will be teaching the children the NSPCC Underwear Rule, using the 'PANTS' acrostic, which is like a green cross code for staying safe from sexual abuse. 

PANTS stands for;

Privates are private

Always remember your body belongs to you

No means no

Talk about secrets that upset you

Speak up, someone can help

We will also be talking about the following in an age appropriate way;

• "appropriate" and "inappropriate" touching
• your child's right to say no to things that make them feel upset or uncomfortable
• in Y1 and 2 the children will be being taught the correct names for body parts (it is important children know the correct terminology in case they ever need to report anything serious)
• who your child can talk to if they ever feel upset or worried

If you would like to know more about the NSPCC's campaign, you can watch the video we will use with the children and visit nspcc.org.uk/underwearrule. There is also a link to the parent’s guide below the video.

Volunteers/Staff/Governors at CCI

Whistleblowing Advice Line Support for professionals who are worried about children in the workplace

We encourage staff, volunteers and governors to ‘whistleblow’ if they have concerns that CCI is putting children at risk.  This can be done by contacting the South Gloucestershire LADO, Tina Wilson, or via the NSPCC Whistleblowing Advice Line or and it also offers free advice and support to professionals with concerns about how child protection issues are being handled in their own or another organisation.

Contacting Tina Wilson - LADO

Call 01454 868508

Email: tina.wilson@southglos.gov.uk

Contact the Whistleblowing Advice Line

Call 0800 028 0285

Email help@nspcc.org.uk

When to call

If you have any concerns about a child in your workplace you should raise this with your employer or organisational safeguarding lead in the first instance.

You should call the Whistleblowing Advice Line if:

• your organisation doesn't have clear safeguarding procedures to follow
• you think your concern won't be dealt with properly or may be covered-up
• you've raised a concern but it hasn't been acted upon
• you're worried about being treated unfairly.

You can call about an incident that happened in the past, is happening now or you believe may happen in the future.

If you think a child is in immediate danger

Don't delay – call the police on 999,
or call us on 0808 800 5000, straight away.

You can access the South West Child Protection website at  http://www.proceduresonline.com/swcpp 

Keeping Children Safe in Education

As part of our commitment to keeping children safe, All staff and governors have read at least section one of the 2023 edition of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023. Click on the link below to view the document.