Safeguarding

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children refers to the process of protecting children from maltreatment, preventing the impairment of physical or mental health or development, ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes:

- The school’s responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children is of paramount importance and everyone’s responsibility

- Safer children make more successful learners

- Representatives of the whole-school community of pupils, parents, staff and governors will be involved in policy development and review

- Policies will be reviewed at least annually

- We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued

Our Safeguarding Team:

Contacting Our Safeguarding Team

To contact our DSL, Corynne Peace, please email headteacher@horizonseducation.org in the first instance. If your enquiry is urgent and/or out of hours, please contact The Wirral Integrated Front Door:

Mon-Fri, 9:00am – 5.00pm Tel: 0151 606 2008

Outside of these hours Tel: 0151 677 6557

E-mail: IFD@wirral.gov.uk

Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Procedures

Our most recent Safeguarding Policy can be downloaded below. Paper copies are available from the School Office (we may charge a nominal fee to cover the cost of photocopying).

Keeping Children Safe In Education

At Horizons, as all school are required to do, we implement the guidance from the Keeping Children Safe in Education document. This document is reviewed annually by the Department for Education and our staff receive regular training to ensure they have read and understood the document.

You can download a copy of the KCSIE document below:

Wirral Safeguarding Board

As a Wirral school, we work in partnership with the Wirral Safeguarding Board. For more information, please visit https://www.wirralsafeguarding.co.uk/