Safeguarding
Meet our Safeguarding Team
What is Safeguarding?
Children are always at the heart of everything we do here at Wednesbury Oak. We undertake rigorous vetting, DBS checking and pre-employment checks on all adults working with children in our school. Visitors are closely supervised at all times when on the school site.
School will take appropriate action to ensure the safety of our pupils. In cases where we feel that a pupil may be subject to neglect, ill treatment or abuse, we follow Sandwell Child Protection procedures and inform children’s services of our concerns. Our aim is to support families by following Sandwell’s Multi Agency Threshold Guidance: Continuum of Help and Support.
All staff are trained to be vigilant for all kinds of safeguarding concerns, including (but not limited to) bullying, online safety, emotional, physical and sexual abuse and extremist behaviour. Staff are also drip-fed information throughout the year to keep them up to date with different topics within Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.
We seek to ensure that our curriculum equips all children with opportunities to develop their own skills and knowledge so that they are able to keep themselves safe. We promote fundamental British Values, which include: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. We therefore, ensure that any behaviours or language used which are contrary to these are effectively challenged. We are alert to the indicators of radicalisation and child exploitation and take steps to protect those who may be susceptible to such messages.
If you have a concern that a child is being harmed, is at risk of harm, or you receive a disclosure (intentionally or unintentionally), you should contact us in school as quickly as possible.
All concerns are shared, where necessary, to external agencies including Sandwell Children’s Services and the Police.
Who to contact in school:
DSL: Mrs Sarah Hill
Deputy DSLs: Mrs K Kular, Mrs R Tranter, Ms K Daly, Miss N Wooldridge, Miss L Steadman, Mrs J Griffiths, Mrs T Grieh
Other organisations that can help:
Please note that these organisations can be contacted out of school hours.
Sandwell Children’s Trust
0121 569 3100
Childline
0800 1111
Website: https://www.childline.org.uk/
NSPCC
0808 800 5000
Website: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/
Crimestoppers
Helpline: 0800 555 111
Website: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/
Safeguarding Throughout the Curriculum
Through our PSHE scheme Jigsaw, we cover many aspects of safeguarding throughout the year.
In addition to this, we timetable several additional safeguarding awareness sessions and days throughout the school year.
Every year group learns about bullying when we mark Anti-Bullying Week each year in Autumn 2. The children learn about what bullying is, the different types of bullying and what to do if a child witnesses bullying.
We use the NSPCC materials, “Let’s Talk Pants” and “Speak Out, Stay Safe!”
As we are now living in a more technological world, children are now more than ever, exposed to technology. Children are taught how to keep safe online through online safety in the Computing curriculum as well as drip fed this information throughout the year.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Safeguarding Policy
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
Operation Encompass Letter
Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges
Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges
Domestic Abuse - Useful contacts
Summer holidays – Parents guide to help keep children safe online
Parents guide to help keep children safe online
Online Safety
Advice for ParentsAcceptable Use Agreements