Safeguarding

Safeguarding at Bowness-on-Solway School

The designated safeguarding lead (DSL) at Bowness School is Mr Stuart Walsh. The deputy designated safeguarding lead (DDSL) is Mrs Diane Misselbrook. Both are level-3 trained with the Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP).

Our governor with responsibility for safeguarding is Mrs Charlotte Cox.

You can find out more information about the CSCP and how to keep children safe here:

https://cumberlandsafeguardingchildren.co.uk/

All staff at our school are safeguarding trained. If you have a concern about the safety of a child, you should speak with the DSL or the DDSL. You can also contact the Cumberland Children Advice & Support Service (CCASS) for advice on 0333 240 1727.

If you are concerned that a child or adult is in immediate danger, you should contact the police immediately on 999.

Further information about safeguarding in Cumberland can be found here:
https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/children-and-families/child-protection-and-safeguarding

Our school's Children Protection Policy and Procedures can be found here:
https://www.bowness-on-solway.cumbria.sch.uk/uploads/203/Bowness_CP_Policy_and_Procedures_-_March_2025.pdf/

This is accompanied by our Overarching Safeguarding Statement:
https://www.bowness-on-solway.cumbria.sch.uk/uploads/219/Overarching_Safeguarding_Statement_-_March_2025.pdf/

Below, you will find a link to our Visitor Information Leaflet which we ask all visitors to the school to read when they first come here.

Our staff are also trained on Working Together To Safeguard Children:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6849a7b67cba25f610c7db3f/Working_together_to_safeguard_children_2023_-_statutory_guidance.pdf

They are trained annually on the Keeping Children Safe In Education (KCSIE) document:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68add931969253904d155860/Keeping_children_safe_in_education_from_1_September_2025.pdf

 

Jigsaw: for 8 -10 year olds

This is a film from CEOPs Thinkuknow education programme that helps children to understand what constitutes personal information. It enables children to understand that they need to be just as protective of their personal information online, as they are in the real world.

In school, we teach e-safety through Kidsafe and in other designated lessons, but every time we use the internet we remind the children of the precautions to take as we are constantly amazed by how the internet is woven in to the lives of our children from laptops to PS4s. 

As Thinkuknow say "For parents and carers this opens up a whole new world of things to be aware of. For many of us, this can all be a bit too much.  You might be struggling to keep up with the things your child is doing online, you might wonder whether what they are doing is safe, and you might also be thinking how can I be as good a parent online as I am offline?"

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