Safeguarding Statement for Epping Upland C.of E. Primary School

Epping Upland C. of E Primary School is committed to Safeguarding all of our pupils by ensuring that we provide an environment for our pupils that is safe and secure and one where pupils have confidence in all our staff to care for them and keep them safe from harm and risk.

Safeguarding means that we:

• Protect children from maltreatment
• Prevent impairment of children’s health and development
• Ensure that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
• Take action to enable all children to have the best outcomes


Safeguarding action may need to be needed to protect our children from:

• Neglect
• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Bullying, including cyber bullying
• Racist, disability, homophobic and transphobic abuse
• Gender based abuse and violence
• Radicalisation
• Extremism
• Child Sexual Exploitation and trafficking
• New technology on behaviour eg Sexting
• Substance abuse
• Gang activity or violence
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Fabricated or induced illness
• Poor parenting
• Any other issue that may pose a risk or harm to a child


At Epping Upland we use the following documents to support and guide us in our Safeguarding policy and procedure:

• Local Authority SET Procedures SET PREVENT Policy & Guidance January 2017
• Child Protection Policy
• What to do if You’re Worried a Child is Being Abused – DfE – March 2015
• Keeping Children Safe in Education – DfE – September 2016
• Working Together to Safeguard Children – DfE – March 2015
• The Prevent Duty – DfE – June 2015


To successfully safeguard our pupils means that we will enable them to:

• Feel safe and secure in their physical environment
• Feel emotionally safe and secure
• Know that we will ensure that any medical need they have will be attended to carefully, sensitively and with empathy
• Feel protected from risk and harm
• Know that there is always a trusted adult available to them should they have a worry, concern or anxiety
• Know that we will help, guide and support them through adversity should it arise
• Know that all our staff will do our very best by them to ensure that their school days are happy, positive and productive


To ensure the above, we will ensure that:

• Staff are employed according to all statutory vetting procedures and that the HT and at least one member of the Governing Body have required Safer Recruitment training
• There is a Designated Child Protection Person and Deputy Designated Child Protection Person who adhere to their statutory duties
• All our Staff have regular update training on Safeguarding
• All our Staff are informed with updates as appropriate
• Parents and Carers are aware of our Safeguarding intentions and who are Designated Persons are
• Staff adhere to the school culture, ethos and philosophy in that the well- being of the child is paramount
• Staff will follow school policy and procedure
• There is a governor with responsibility for Safeguarding