St. Mary's is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our children within school.

The safeguarding and welfare of our children is the responsibility of all of us; staff, Governors and parents alike.

Please click here to access our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy and there is a lot of useful information and advice available on the website parentinfo - Help and advice for families in a digital world.

The dedicated and confidential NSPCC helpline – Report Abuse in Education can be reached on 0800 136 663 or by email at help@nspcc.org.uk.

If you would like further support or information about domestic violence and abuse please go to Domestic violence and abuse (leeds.gov.uk)

The NSPCC have introduced a new Report Remove tool whereby children, young people and adults can report nude images of them that are circulating social media and ensure they are taken down. I know this is a significant issue for some of our CYP and schools  so would advise that the information is disseminated across your organisation and added onto your website so that children, parents and staff are all aware of this.

The tool can be accessed here.

Our Child Protection officers are:

Mrs S Hurley - Headteacher - Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs S Polzin - Assistant Head - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs L Robertshaw - Key Stage 2 leader - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs P Leng- Learning Mentor - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Miss A Roberts - EYFS and Key Stage 1 leader - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Our Safeguarding Governor is Mrs A Kelly-Edwards