Safeguarding

We are committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all children in our schools and, through our policies, procedures and attitudes, strive to promote a culture of shared responsibility for all aspects of safeguarding. All North Yorkshire schools, including Barton, East Cowton and Ravensworth Church of England Primary Schools, follow the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures. Link to site

Designated Safeguarding Leads are:
Mrs Kirstie Petch – Headteacher
Mrs Lucy Hodges – Deputy Headteacher
Mrs Amy Whiteley – Barton Base Leader
Miss Holly Coxon – East Cowton Base Leader
Mrs Kellie Harris – Ravensworth Base Leader
Miss Amy Crisp – SENCo across all Cornerstone schools

Mrs Kirstie Petch (Headteacher) is the Designated Teacher for Looked After children.

All staff, including temporary staff, and volunteers in school are subject to stringent background checks including clearance with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to ensure their suitability for working with children. We maintain a single central register containing details of all adults in regulated activity. This is audited regularly.

The named Governor for Safeguarding is Mr Anthony McGeeney who can be contacted via the school office.

The named Safeguarding Lead for Dales Academies Trust is Janet Probert who can be contacted via email: admin@dalesmat.org

All contact details for all safeguarding leads can be found in our safeguarding policy.

The latest government guidance on safeguarding can be found here:

Keeping children safe in education – GOV.UK

Our safeguarding statement Safeguarding Statement

Annual Safeguarding training

Staff take part in annual safeguarding refresher training. At each staff meeting, safeguarding is always on the agenda. This keeps staff up to date with their training and ensures there are opportunities to discuss aspects of safeguarding. There is a CPD record which ensures all staff are up to date with all aspects of training.

All staff and governors have been trained in the following:

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
PREVENT (Prevention of radicalisation)
First Aid, Emergency and Paediatric, Epi Pen, Positive Handling, Educational Visits and defibrillator
Online safety training, child on child abuse training
Cyber Security
Counter Terrorism
The DSL and DDSLs have undertaken further safeguarding training and updates from North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
The Head Teacher and at least one governor involved in recruitment will complete Safer Recruitment training
The school submits a Safeguarding Audit to North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership every 2 years

If you have a concern about a child or a member of staff, please click here to use this form to inform the school.