Safeguarding at Harper Bell Primary School

At Harper Bell, the safeguarding and wellbeing of our children is our highest priority. We are committed to creating a safe, caring and inclusive environment where every child feels protected, valued and able to thrive. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and is embedded across all aspects of school life.

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Safeguarding Leadership Team

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) work closely with staff, families and external agencies to ensure children are safe and well supported:

  • Mr P Frowen - Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
  • Mrs S Sidhu - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
  • Mrs S. Campbell - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), Pastoral & Mentoring Lead
  • Mr M. Baker - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), School Chaplain & Early Help Lead

The DSL team is responsible for responding to safeguarding concerns, supporting pupils and families, maintaining strong links with outside agencies and ensuring safeguarding procedures are followed consistently.

Staff Training and Safeguarding Culture

All staff at Harper Bell receive:

  • Full safeguarding training in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
  • Regular safeguarding updates throughout the year
  • Clear guidance on recognising, responding to and reporting concerns

All safeguarding concerns, disclosures and welfare issues are recorded, monitored and managed using CPOMS, our secure online safeguarding system. This ensures that concerns are logged promptly, information is shared safely with the safeguarding team, actions are tracked effectively and no concern is overlooked.

We pride ourselves on working in close partnership with our families, community and children to ensure safeguarding is a shared responsibility. We strongly believe that strong families make strong learners, and collaboration is key to helping children succeed.

Early Help and Family Support

Our Early Help Lead, Mr M. Baker, offers practical help, guidance and early intervention support to parents and carers. This includes advice and support with:

  • Accessing Early Help through Birmingham Family Hubs
  • Managing children's behaviour at home
  • Parenting programmes and family wellbeing support
  • Funding and advice for free school meals and uniform grants
  • Food bank vouchers, housing support and referrals to partner agencies

We have strong links with a wide range of external agencies. Where we are not able to help directly, we will always work to connect families with someone who can.

Pastoral Care and Behaviour Support

Our pastoral and behaviour support provision helps pupils overcome barriers to learning and develop emotional resilience. Support includes:

  • 1:1 mentoring
  • Nurture groups
  • Classroom-based support
  • Lunchtime clubs and wellbeing activities

These approaches are designed to build confidence, support emotional regulation and help children feel secure and ready to learn.

Health, Medical Care and First Aid

At Harper Bell (and across our partner schools), we are committed to ensuring that every child's health and medical needs are met so they can fully participate in school life.

We are proud to have Mrs Dawati leading our approach to health and medical care in school. She works closely with medical professionals to ensure:

  • Medical care plans are accurate and up to date
  • Relevant staff are fully informed
  • Care is managed safely and sensitively

Mrs Dawati

Mrs Dawati

A significant proportion of our staff are Emergency First Aid trained, providing rapid support in the event of illness or injury. All staff working in and alongside EYFS are Paediatric First Aid trained, ensuring expert care for our youngest pupils.

Staff receive appropriate training to manage a range of medical needs, including:

  • Allergies
  • Asthma
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy

Medication can be administered on school premises with prior written consent from parents or carers, ensuring children receive the care they need during the school day.

What training have staff at Harper Bell received to help safeguard children?

  • Annual child protection training
  • DfE PREVENT Training
  • National Cyber Security Centre: Cyber security training for school staff
  • GDPR Training
  • Annual Keeping Children Safe in Education update
  • All staff have been given access to, and read key government documents and guidelines
  • Attachment and trauma informed practice
  • New Staff Induction - including CPOMS training
  • Regular updates and safeguarding question for staff as part of weekly briefing
  • Safer recruitment training for designated staff
  • Designated Safeguarding Training for safeguarding team
  • Health and Safety
  • Paediatric first aid
  • Annual medical needs training - anaphylaxis, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes
  • DfE Prevent training

  • Team Teach positive handling

Useful Links:

Keeping Children Safe In Education https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2

Bullying UK https://www.familylives.org.uk/

Family Life Today- Where's the Risk? https://capt.org.uk/news/family-life-today-wheres-the-risk

Domestic Violence https://womensaid.org.uk/

Internet Safety https://www.childnet.com/resources/know-it-all-for-parents/

Our Commitment

Through strong safeguarding leadership, well-trained staff, clear procedures and a compassionate approach, we ensure that all children feel safe, supported and included. At Harper Bell, safeguarding is not just a policy-it is a daily commitment to helping every child belong, achieve and thrive.

Mrs Dawati

Mrs Dawati