At Ford Primary School we ensure the safety and wellbeing of all of our pupils is a staff priority. To keep everyone safe all of our staff and all visitors use the 5 R system for managing safeguarding and child protection concerns. The 5 R's are as follows; Recognise, Record, Report, Review, Respond.

For more information about the safeguarding procedures we follow, please see the pink forms we use in school. Dispensaries are located near the entrance of each block.

Pupils also have access to the Keep Safe Booklets - here they can report any worries or concerns. For the Safeguarding Councils videos about the Keep Safe Booklets, please refer back to the Safeguarding Page here.

Child Protection and Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, but to ensure we all work to an effective system, staff are organised into teams of responsibility. See a plan of this below. If you need to make a log of a safeguarding concern, call: 01752 668000 for The Gateway (in hours) and 01752 346984 (for out of hours), or email: gateway@plymouth.gov.uk

We all have a responsibility to follow LAT and Ford Policy and report any safeguarding (including child protection) concerns that we may have. If you have any safeguarding concerns, please log your concerns, and report them immediately to one of the most senior qualified members of staff available. If the concern is regarding the most senior staff, please report to the Lead Designated Governor.

Our school procedures for safeguarding children are in line with Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board (PSCB) Multi Agency Child Protection Procedures www.swcpp.org.uk

Ford Primary School's email for safeguarding is: safeguarding@fordprimary.co.uk