Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do here at Christ Church and great importance is placed on identifying opportunities, in the taught curriculum, to explore all the aspects of safeguarding.

Our broad and balanced curriculum gives pupils opportunities to experience life in all its diversity, to acquire knowledge, understanding and skills that significantly impact personal development, behaviour, and welfare, and equips every child with the knowledge and skills required for personal safeguarding.

Our PHSE curriculum covers all areas of safeguarding, through each of the strands.  

We plan to constantly challenge children to think deeply about safeguarding matters and their own personal, physical and mental wellbeing. We value pupils’ questions and give them space for their own thoughts, ideas, and concerns.

We give pupils’ opportunities across the curriculum to explore values, personal rights, responsibilities, and equal opportunities that develop moral concepts that impact positively on safeguarding, promote British values and prevent radicalisation and extremism. There are many opportunities throughout our learning in school to explore safeguarding issues.

Time is taken at the beginning of every new school year to reaffirm our school vision, values and rules. We also review what safeguarding is, how they are being safeguarded and explore their role and responsibility.  All children identify who their trusted adult is and this sets the tone for the rest of the year, leading to excellent safeguarding outcomes.