How to report a safeguarding concern

If a child is at immediate risk of harm, don't delay, please call the police on 999.

During school hours

To report a safeguarding concern, or talk to someone during school hours, please call:

James Rennie School

01228 554280 option 2

James Rennie Sixth Form

01228 554280 option 3

On weeknights, weekends and during bank holidays:

To report a safeguarding concern, or talk to someone outside of school hours, please call:

NSPCC

0808 800 5000

James Rennie School's Safeguarding Team

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) are:

Sophie Dowling | Deputy Head Teacher

Oliver Wilson  | Deputy Head Teacher

Our Deputy DSLs are:

Kerry Dunbobbin | Head Teacher

Kate Braniff  |  Assistant Head Teacher

Mary Glendinning | Assistant Head Teacher

Emma James  |  HLTA and Family Support Coordinator

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children means:

  • providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge
  • protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online
  • preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development
  • ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
  • promoting the upbringing of children with their birth parents, or otherwise their family network through a kinship care arrangement, whenever possible and where this is in the best interests of the children
  • taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes in line with the outcomes set out in the Children’s Social Care National Framework.

Safeguarding covers all parts of school life including:

  • pupils’ health and safety
  • the use of reasonable force
  • meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions
  • providing first aid
  • educational visits
  • intimate care
  • the internet and e-safety
  • appropriate arrangements to ensure school security, considering the local context.

Further support and advice:

Childline

Call free on 0800 1111 or find out how to get in touch online.

Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership

Full details on the county's policies, procedures and processes with regard to safeguarding

The NSPCC

Whether you want to report child abuse and neglect, or are worried about a child and not sure what to do, we have advice for you.

Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership

Full details on the county's policies, procedures and processes with regard to safeguarding

Child Exploitation and Online Protection

If you're worried about online abuse or the way someone has been communicating online, let CEOP know.

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