Safeguarding

Our Ethos and Values

At Hornsea Burton and Skipsea School Primary Federation (HBSFED), ensuring the children are safe is para paramount.

We do this by:

● Providing a safe environment for children to learn

● Listening to what children tell us

● Identifying children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm, and taking appropriate action with the aim of making sure that they are kept safe both at home and in the education setting.

To achieve this objective, we:

 ● Identify instances where there are grounds for concern about a child’s welfare and initiate or take appropriate action to keep them safe.

● Contribute to effective partnership working between all those involved in providing services for our children.

● Aim to prevent unsuitable people from working with children.

● Promote safe practice and challenge any poor or unsafe practice.

The person who has overall responsibility for safeguarding at Hornsea Burton and Skipsea School Primary Federation is Mrs Victoria Hart.

The Governing board of Hornsea Burton and Skipsea School Primary Federation supports the ethos of safeguarding children and also protecting the adults within our school.  Governors believe that it is not enough to assume that adults within the schools have an understanding of what is expected of them in terms of conduct.

They will :

● Keep children safe by clarifying which behaviours constitute safe practice and which behaviours should be avoided;

● Assist adults working with children to work safely and responsibly and to monitor their own standards and practice;

● Support the school in giving a clear message that unlawful or unsafe behaviour is unacceptable and that, where appropriate, disciplinary or legal action will be taken;

● Minimise the risk of misplaced or malicious allegations made against adults who work with children and young people;

● Safeguard against the incidence of positions of trust being abused or misused.