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Safeguarding across the curriculum

A culture of safeguarding is embedded at Waddington All Saints Academy. Our safeguarding curriculum is designed to educate our pupils about how to stay safe and protect themselves from the risks and dangers which they may face.

We pride ourselves in knowing our pupils and the needs of the individuals within our community well. Our year group safeguarding curriculum overviews are carefully designed, to meet the needs of each cohort. These take into account the age group, cultural context, and the specific needs or challenges that are identified through our vulnerability index.

The key areas covered include:

On-line safety

  • Teaching the children about how to be safe online, such as: using social media, the importance of not giving out personal information, not talking to people that they do not know in real life and what to do if anything makes them feel uncomfortable.
  • Explicitly teaching the risks associated with internet use, for example: cyber bullying and accessing inappropriate content.

Self- Esteem and Resilience:

  • Teaching the children about how to identify and manage emotions within the context of everyday life.
  • Explicitly teaching the children how to foster a positive self-image and to develop resilience.

Abuse prevention (with a focus on positive relationships)

  • Teaching the children about the need for love, trust and respect within relationships.
  • Teaching the children about how they should seek help, if something makes them feel uncomfortable or upset.

Personal Safety

  • Teaching the children about personal space and how to ensure that we are respecting the space of others.
  • At an age appropriate level, teach the children how to recognise and respond to unsafe situations.
  • Ensure all children know who their trusted adults are.

Bullying awareness

  • Across the academy, promote a culture of kindness, empathy and inclusion.
  • Ensure the children are aware of the types of bullying and what to do if they think that they or someone else, is being bullied.

In addition to our safeguarding curriculum, we also ensure that robust safeguarding procedures, displays around the academy and training are of the highest standard and support the school to ensure that staff remain vigilant and have the opinion that ‘it could happen here’.

January 2025

We have designed our Safeguarding Curriculum to ensure links with our wider curriculum offer. Please click on the year groups below for further information:

 

Reception Safeguarding Curriculum

Year 1 Safeguarding Curriculum

Year 2 Safeguarding Curriculum

Year 3 Safeguarding Curriculum

Year 4 Safeguarding Curriculum

Year 5 Safeguarding Curriculum

Year 6 Safeguarding Curriculum

Intervention Programmes

We have a number of interventions in place to support the social, emotional and mental health needs of pupils. These included ELSA interventions, Healthy Minds resources, and recommendations from outside agencies. Where a pupil needs further specialist support we will make a referral to Healthy Minds or access therapeutic support.

Assemblies

Each week children access a whole school, a key stage and a class assembly. These are utilised as an opportunity to further embed our Safeguarding Curriculum. The assembly overview is carefully planned across the academic year and also responds to specific events, and current concerns.

As an academy we also support events such as world mental health day (November).

The Legal Context

These duties are set out in the 2002 Education Act. Schools also have statutory responsibilities in relation to promoting pupil wellbeing and pupil safeguarding (Children Act 2004) and community cohesion (Education Act 2006). The Equality Act 2010 also places duties on schools to help to reduce prejudice-based bullying.

Opportunities to Teach Safeguarding

Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) September 2022 outlines that: “Governing bodies and proprietors should ensure that children are taught about safeguarding, including online safety. Schools should consider this as part of providing a broad and balanced curriculum.”

PSHEE in the National Curriculum (2014)

Whilst PSHE education is a non-statutory subject, section 2.5 of the National Curriculum framework document states that: ‘All schools should make provision for PSHE, drawing on good practice.’ Alongside the National Curriculum framework, the DfE also published guidance on PSHE education, which states that the subject is ‘an important and necessary part of all pupils’ education’ and that: ‘Schools should seek to use PSHE education to build, where appropriate, on the statutory content already outlined in the national curriculum, the basic school curriculum and in statutory guidance on: drug education, financial education, sex and relationship education (SRE) and the importance of physical activity and diet for a healthy lifestyle.’ PSHE is a vital part of the curriculum at Waddington All Saints Academy. It is taught weekly and staff also use daily informal opportunities to reinforce learning.