Safeguarding children
At Tipton Green Junior School, safeguarding our children is of extremely high importance.
Staff in school have a statutory duty to protect and promote the welfare of the children and young people in their care.
You can find out all the information you need in how the staff at Tipton Green Junior School keep your child safe.
Two key pieces of guidance form the framework under which we promote the welfare of children in school as follows:
Both of these documents set out how we work together with other agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined by the Department for Education in the statutory guidance “Working Together to Safeguard Children” 2015 as:
We want our children to feel happy, safe and confident in school.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Home Alone
Deciding if your child is ready to be left home alone can be a tricky decision.
There are lots of things to think about. Plus, there are no hard and fast ‘home alone’ rules or laws because every child is different. Whether you or your child are comfortable with the idea will often depend on how mature and adaptable your child is – and we all know how much this can vary from child to child.
Click on this link to find further information and read around the laws regarding leaving your child alone at home.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/leaving-child-home-alone/
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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