Safeguarding
St Bernadette Catholic Primary School is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all members of our school community.
St Bernadette Catholic Primary School strives to create a culture which enables children to express their wishes and feelings and talk about anything that is of importance to them. We believe that every child deserves to receive an education within an environment where they feel safe to learn and develop. We want our pupils, staff, parents and carers to have confidence and trust in our goals and know that collaborative working is fundamental to create and maintain a child-centred approach to safeguarding.
Pupil voice October 2026:
"Respect means when someone is talking, you listen and when someone isn't showing respect I would tell them to do the right thing."
"If there was an emergency, I'd stay calm and follow the teacher."
"Consent is when someone approves something. I would say it is permission."
"I keep safe online by telling a trusted adult before it gets worse. I'd report unsafe people."
"I would tell a teacher I really trust."
As a school we also recognise the importance for our pupils to be taught and understand how to keep themselves safe and healthy.
Should any person have a concern regarding safeguarding, please see our safeguarding procedures below:
Reporting a Safeguarding Concern
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Our Safeguarding Team:
Designated Safeguarding Leads:
Katie Merrell & Rachel Alger
Deputy Safeguarding Lead and Mental Health Lead:
Nicola Constantinou
Safeguarding Governor:
Ann-Marie Mullings
Who else can I contact?
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Samaritans |
Crisis mental health support |
116 123 |
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Childline |
Support for children and young people |
0800 1111 |
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National Centre for Domestic Violence |
Providing emergency injunctions within two weeks of police involvements |
0808 2000 247 |
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Safer Places |
Domestic abuse support |
03301025811 |
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Sunflower |
Domestic abuse helpline |
0808 808 8088 |
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Shelter |
Housing and eviction help and support |
0800 800 4444 |
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Single Point of Access |
Mental health triage for access to mental health support |
0300 777 0707 |
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Mind |
Mental health support |
0300 123 3393 |
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Young Minds |
Parent helpline for children and adolescents with mental health issues |
www.youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-helpline/ 0808 802 5544 |
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Harmless |
Support and advice for Self-Harm |
www.harmless.org.uk |
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Family Lives |
Support and advice relating to all aspects of family life that include all stages of a child’s development, issues with schools and parenting/relationship support. We also respond when life becomes more complicated and provide support around family breakdown, aggression in the home, bullying, teenage risky behaviour and mental health concerns of both parents and their children. |
Email: askus@familylives.org.uk
0808 800 2222
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NSPCC |
Information and advice on how to keep children safe, online safety and support for parents. |
Helpline: 0808 800 5000 Email: help@nspcc.org.uk |
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Verso |
Food banks, children’s clothes & equipment and parent support. |