Safeguarding

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding means everything to do with keeping children safe. For example, it can be as simple as keeping children safe when playing in the nursery garden, to making sure equipment and resources are working properly.

At the Valley Steiner Nursery, the welfare and safety of all our children is of paramount importance. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously, including all our documentation, training and communication with families.

All our staff receive a DBS check before we confirm their employment, and are shown the school Safeguarding Policy (updated annually) alongside the DOE documentation. Safeguarding updates and information are also regularly circulated in team meetings and on staff training days to maintain a working understanding of these principles.
We foster a safe environment, where students are surrounded by trusted and familiar staff should they have any worries or problems they’d like to talk about.

Our Safeguarding Team

Lead Designated Safeguarding for CVSE – Kate Lunn

Nursery Safeguarding Lead – Angie Whitehead

Acting Trustee with Safeguarding Responsibility – Ingrid Lihou

Online Safeguarding Lead – Kate Lunn

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact Kate Lunn on 01422 882071, or any of the team above.

Online Safety

The Nursery takes online safety seriously and we do all we can to support parents in keeping their children safe whilst using the internet. The Nursery provides a copy of the NSPCC booklet to all families on admission – if you require an additional copy of this, just let us know.

We will disseminate new booklets at the beginning of each new academic year, as well as specific updates as needed.

If you need any help setting up safe internet browsing habits for your family at home, or have any concerns about your child’s online safety, please don’t hesitate to contact us for support.

Our Safeguarding Policies

CVSE Safeguarding policy 2023

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CVSE Online-Safety-for-Children-and-Young-People

Additional Resources

Please be aware that the resources below link to external websites not maintained by Calder Valley Steiner Education.