Safeguarding
Safeguarding and Child Protection
St Francis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent, effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school.
School Safeguarding Team
If you want to know more about our procedures, please speak to one of the following key personnel, who are contactable via the main school office – 01274 638520, office@fra.bcwcat.co.uk
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Mrs. Andrea Haines (Headteacher)
Deputy DSLs: Miss Stevie Burgess (Deputy Head) and Mrs. Vicki Needs (EYFS Lead)
Designated Teacher for Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children: Mrs. Andrea Haines
Designated Teacher for Prevent: Mrs. Andrea Haines
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo): Mrs. Bethany Crowther (Currently on maternity leave)
Interim Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo) for 2024/25: Miss Stevie Burgess
Mental Health Champion: Mrs Andrea Haines
Chair of the Local Academy Council: Mrs. Lyndi Clarke
Nominated Safeguarding Academy Councillor: Mrs. Melissa Murphy
Prevent Academy Councillor: Mrs. Lyndi Clarke
Looked After Children Academy Councillor: Mrs Melissa Murphy
For all our Safeguarding policies please follow the link to our policy page HERE
Please find our Child Protection Procedures Flow Chart HERE
Please find the Government's latest guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education HERE
Prevent Duty
As part of St. Francis commitment to safeguarding and child protection we fully support the government's Prevent Duty and take guidance from Teaching Approaches to help build resilience to extremism.
What is the Prevent Duty?
The Prevent duty is the duty in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 on specified authorities, in the exercise of their functions, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
Click here to see the official Government guidance on the Prevent Duty (April 2021)