At Pinner Park Primary School, the health, safety and well-being of every child are our paramount concern. We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. Our aim is for children to enjoy their time as pupils in this school. We want to work in partnership with you to help your child achieve their full potential and make a positive contribution.
 
To promote a safe environment for pupils, our selection and recruitment policy includes all checks on staff and regular volunteers’ suitability, including Disclosure and Barring Service checks, in accordance with current legislation.
 
In accordance with our responsibilities under section 175/157 of the Education Act 2002 and “Keeping Children Safe in Education“, we have Designated Safeguarding Leads for Child Protection who are members of the senior management team, and have received appropriate training for this role.  It is their responsibility to ensure that all staff in contact with children receive child protection awareness training on a regular basis. 

Designated Safeguarding Lead	​Mrs C Edwards (deputy headteacher)
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads	Mr N Waldron (headteacher) Mr D English (assistant headteacher) Mrs L Jenkins (assistant headteacher) Mrs D Ohene-Darko (assistant headteacher)
Safeguarding Governor	Dr Janice Howkins OBE

Occasions do arise when our concern about a child  mean  we have to consult other agencies.  Whilst we would always aim to work in partnership with parents there may be exceptions to this when concerns are raised for the protection of a child.
 
On very rare occasions, social care, whilst undertaking an investigation under section 47 of the Children Act 1989, may want to speak to a child without a parent's knowledge.   This would be a decision made in collaboration with partner agencies and would only be done in situations where necessary.  For example, this may be where gaining consent may increase the level of risk to the child or cause evidence to be lost.
 
The procedures, which we follow, have been laid down by the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in line with this for the safety of all. If you want to know more about our procedures, please speak to Mrs Edwards.

A copy of our Child Protection Policy is available to download from the policies page on this website (click here).

We actively support the Government's Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism. 

If you are concerned about the welfare of a child, please speak to one of our designated safeguarding leads, or follow the guidance on the Harrow Safeguarding Board website.

Below are some other useful links: 

Harrow Safeguarding Children Board
NSPCC
Childline
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) - Internet Safety

Visitors to School
We welcome visitors to our school.  We ask all visitors to read through the information in this leaflet:

Visitor Safeguarding, Health and Safety Leaflet


Be Safe, Feel Safe | Our Safeguarding Newsletter
'Be Safe, Feel Safe' is the newsletter from the Pinner Park Safeguarding Team. At Pinner Park safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility and our top priority. Anyone who comes in to contact with children and their families has a role to play.

As part of our commitment, we have launched the 'Be Safe, Feel Safe' newsletter to inform parents of any recent safeguarding news as well as providing them with key details around a range of safeguarding issues. 
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Click below to view our newsletters.

Issue 12, November 2023
Issue 11, October 2023
Issue 10, July 2023
​Issue 9, March 2023
Issue 8, February 2023
Issue 7, November 2022
​Issue 6, September 2022
Issue 5, July 2022
​Issue 4, May 2022
Issue 3, March 2022
Issue 2, December 2021
Issue 1, October 2021