Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary School

Everyone at Kirk Hammerton CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of our pupils. Safeguarding is the responsibility of all adults working in or on behalf of our school, and training is updated regularly.

Key safeguarding contacts
Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Liz Mellor.

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Lisa Appleton.

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Katie Harrison.

Our Safeguarding governor is Geraldine Barker.

If you have any safeguarding queries or concerns about a child in school, you should speak to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (or Deputy in their absence) in the first instance.

If you have an urgent safeguarding concern about a child, you can contact the North Yorkshire County Council Safeguarding team via their Customer Resolution Centre:

Tel: 01609 780780 (ask to speak to a social worker in the Multi Agency Screening Team)

Email: children&families@northyorks.gov.uk

Outside of office hours, at weekends and on public holidays you can contact the emergency duty safeguarding team on 01609 780780.

Early Help
Kirk Hammerton CE Primary School is committed to North Yorkshire’s Early Help Offer, which aims to ensure children, young people and their families receive the right support at the right time to stop problems escalating. Early Help can be provided by a range of staff in different organisations, such as health services and schools.  North Yorkshire County Council’s Early Help team help professionals, parents/carers and young people find the right solution as quickly as possible.  The Early Help team can be contacted on 01609 534842.

Further information
Further information about safeguarding in school is available at the following links:

• Visit our federation's policies page to view our Child Protection policy and manual
• Keeping Children in Safe in Education 
• North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

The document below explains how our PSHE programme (1Decision) supports statutory safeguarding requirements: