Safeguarding

King's Ely is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share in this commitment. We actively listen to all pupils and always take seriously what they tell us. Our aim is for all pupils to enjoy their time at King's Ely and feel safe and secure.

In its broadest sense safeguarding encompasses:

• quality of staff recruitment and management, including induction, professional training, support and conduct;
• an appropriate and enriching curriculum;
• a safe built environment and campus security;
• behaviour management, including rules and sanctions;
• health and safety, including trips and expeditions;
• attendance;
• PSHEE;
• nutritious food, healthy lifestyles and medical care;
• well-maintained and updated operating procedures and policies;
• arrangements for visitors, speakers and volunteers;
• managing complaints and allegations appropriately;
• child protection, children in need and early intervention protocols; and 
• whistleblowing procedures.

Good schools ‘do’ safeguarding in all that they do; it means wanting the best outcomes for pupils and being proactive (as adult staff) in achieving them. Our aspiration is to be an outstanding school, where safeguarding threads through all aspects of school life.

To this end we aim:

• to maintain a whole school culture of openness and transparency;
• to encourage vigilance and a sense of shared responsibility for the duty of care to protect children and young people;
• to develop an aspirational approach to pastoral care, delivering the highest standards of proactive, consistent and individual attention; and
• to never think pupil pastoral care and safeguarding is someone else's job: pupils feel safe and supported because the whole school shares this commitment.