Wordsworth Primary School and Nursery takes its duty of care to all children and young people very seriously. The Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are:

• Angie King - Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Annette Hixon - Headteacher and Deputy Safeguarding Lead
• Paul Candy - Deputy Headteacher and Deputy Safeguarding Lead
• Becky Hinton - Assistant Headteacher and Deputy Safeguarding Lead
•  Sylwia Szmit - Designated Safeguarding Lead Deputy (Nursery)
• Ryan Hinton - Safeguarding Governor 

Out of school hours please email: angie.king@wordsworthprimary.co.uk 

If you require contact with any of the Safeguarding Team, please email info@wordsworthprimary.co.uk and this will be passed on by our office team.

Please click on Safeguarding Policies for further information.  

Worried About a Child?

If you have a worry and want to share it, or get support, and you don't feel ready to do this face to face yet, you can send a message by clicking the Words Worth Sharing link.  Your worry will go to a member of school staff who are responsible for Safeguarding, and they will do everything they can to help.

Alternatively, contact
Children's Resource Service Public Line: 023 8083 3336 (You will need the child’s name, date of birth and address)

Out of hours line: 023 8023 3344

Email: childrensresourceservice@southampton.gov.uk

CEOP: Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command

CEOP is a law enforcement agency and is here to keep children and young people safe from sexual exploitation and abuse. Please complete the form on the link below to start your report to one of CEOP’s Child Protection Advisors.

https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/

If a child is in immediate danger, please call 999.

Help and Support around online harms: 

Below are links to guidance related to keeping your child safe whilst online and other helpful safeguarding information for parents/carers.

• Keeping Children Safe Online
• Children’s Mental Health

Safety and Security

Your child’s safety is our number one priority. For this reason, we ask for your help in these ways:

Maintain up-to-date contact information

We need to know how to reach you, or a person named by you, who will care for your child in an emergency. Please inform the school office promptly of any changes, so we can ensure our records are up-to-date.

We will always try to contact you if we feel that your child needs urgent medical attention. In the event of real emergencies, we will arrange for your child to be taken to hospital as well as contacting either you or a named contact.

Let us know about changes to collection arrangements

We will not allow your child to leave the school premises during the school day unless you have told us to do so. If you have made arrangements for your child to be collected by someone else, please make sure you inform the school.

Follow our procedures for visitors

For security reasons, we ask that all parents, carers and visitors use the main entrance and report to reception. No adults (apart from school staff) should use the children’s entrances to come into school.

For fire safety reasons, all parents, carers and visitors staying in the building for any length of time will be asked to sign in on arrival and sign out when leaving the building.

All visitors are required to wear a visitor’s badge whilst they are on site, so our children will know you are not a stranger.