Keeping our children safe

At Ilsington Church of England Primary School we strongly recognise the need for vigilant awareness of safeguarding issues. All staff, volunteers and governors have received appropriate training and induction so that they understand their roles and responsibilities and are confident about carrying them out. Staff, pupils, parents and local board governors feel secure that they can raise any issues or concerns about the safety or welfare of children and know that they will be listened to and taken seriously. This is achieved by maintaining an ethos of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. At our school we are not afraid to challenge each other to keep our children safe.

We all have a safeguarding responsibility and have a duty to refer any safeguarding issues to external agencies that need to be involved.

Contact Telephone Number for any Safeguarding concerns:  01364 661208

The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for our school (including the pre-school) is Kat Williams. Her email address is kat.williams@thelink.academy

The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL) for our school are Laura Billington  laura.billington@thelink.academy and Chris Cacchione christine.cacchione@thelink.academy

Should the above be unavailable for any reason, please contact our Director of School Improvement or Director of Safeguarding:

Andy Keay – Director of School Improvement Mid Devon Hub (Data & Outcomes)

Email – andrew.keay@thelink.academy

01803 762113

Alex Waterman - Director of Safeguarding

Email - alex.waterman@thelink.academy

01647 440482

Devon County Council Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) can be reached on 01392 384964