Safeguarding

Designated Persons - 2024/2025

Child Protection Team

Health & Safety

Sue Dale-Heaps

Health & Safety Link Governors

Guy Chessel & Claire Orme

Educational Visit Co-ordinator

Sue Dale-Heaps

First Aiders

SEND Team

Louise Barron, SEN Support

Medical Conditions Co-ordinator

Nici Collins

Safeguarding Visitor Information

Child Protection is everybody’s business and together we want to ensure that our children are safe, happy and secure at all times. If you have any concerns about your own, or another child, please do not hesitate to contact one of the Designated Leads. 

Safeguarding children is defined as:

• providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge 
• protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online 
• preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development 
• ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care 
• taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes  

All adults in our community share a responsibility to make sure children are not at risk of harm.  Occasionally a parent or other adult becomes concerned about something that they hear, see or know about another family or child.   If you have a child protection or safeguarding concern about a child it is important that you contact Hampshire Children’s Services as a matter of urgency.  All calls by members of the public are treated in confidence.

Hampshire Children’s Services can be contacted by visiting:

www.hants.gov.uk/socialcareandhealth/childrenandfamilies/safeguardingchildren/childprotection/reportingabuse

Hampshire Children Services
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm, phone 0300 555 1384
At all other times, contact the out-of-hours service, phone 0300 555 1373

If you have any safeguarding concerns regarding the treatment of a child at school please contact the Executive Headteacher.

Support for families

As a Federation we are committed to supporting our families in times of need. This may be through family support and early intervention or through child protection processes.  If you are finding it hard to cope or feel the need for support please speak to your child’s class teacher or one of the Safeguarding Leads.  We will be able to listen and work with you to find the support that may be needed for you and your family. 

Are you concerned about the safety or welfare of a child? 

We expect everyone who is part of our community to take this responsibility seriously.  If you have a safeguarding concern, always take this seriously.  If you have any concerns because you think that a child is being abused or has been abused in the past, and you want someone to find out what is going on, contact the Hampshire Children’s Services Department, Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 5pm, on phone number 0300 555 1384.   

At all other times, contact the out-of-hours service, on phone number 0300 555 1373 

Are you concerned about someone working with children? 

If you are concerned about the conduct of a member of staff, either in a paid or voluntary capacity, contact our Executive Head teacher or if it is about them, the Local Area Designated Officer (LADO). 

Contact the LADO on 01962 876 364 

Volunteers 

At Green Oaks we value the support and experience that volunteers can offer to the school. However, our priority will always be to keep our children safe.  Therefore all volunteers are vetted for suitability and will only have access to children in accordance with our school policies and practice.  All volunteers are required to undergo an induction briefing which includes understanding safeguarding awareness and our volunteer code of conduct.