Safeguarding & Online Safety
We consider our role in Safeguarding to be critical to ensure the safety of all members of the school community. Find out about our Safeguarding Policy below and all of the guidance documents that guide our Safeguarding practice to ensure our school family feels safe and secure with us.
- Aylesham Primary School is a community and all those directly connected (staff, governors, parents, families and pupils) have an essential role to play in making it safe and secure.
- Aylesham Primary School recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children.
- Aylesham Primary School recognises the importance of providing an ethos and environment within school that will help children to feel safe, secure and respected; encourage them to talk openly; and enable them to feel confident that they will be listened to. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice.
Our Safeguarding Team
Online Safety
We recognise that the use of new technologies presents particular challenges and risks to children both inside and outside of school. We are keen to hear families’ views and experiences in order to develop pupil’s online safety awareness at school, in the home as well as in the wider community. We are proud to work along side the National Online Safety group we have recently been accredited with their certified school status.
Aylesham Primary School will ensure a comprehensive curriculum response to enable all pupils/students to learn about and manage the associated risks effectively and will support parents and the school community (including all members of staff) to become aware and alert to the needs of keeping children safe online.
Searching the Web
Searching the web is something that has the potential to produce results that may not be suitable - to help eliminate this problem, this handy search tool is aimed at children of a primary age to help protect them whilst using the internet.
Other Useful Guidance
Useful Information
O2/NSPCC - Your Child's Online World - A Guide for Parents
The internet has changed all of our lives, particularly our children’s. For parents and carers this opens up a whole new world of things to be aware of. For many of us, this can all be a bit too much. You might be struggling to keep up with the things your child is doing online, you might wonder whether what they are doing is safe, and you might also be thinking how can I be as good a parent online as I am offline? These websites are really useful.
CEOP helps any child or young person under the age of 18 who is being pressured, forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity of any kind. This can be something that has taken place either online or in ‘the real world’, or both. The CEOP Safety Centre has clear information and advice on what can be reported to CEOP, the reporting process and what will happen if you do decide to make a report. You can visit the CEOP Safety Centre and make a report directly to CEOP by clicking the Click CEOP button
Help with Phone Settings
Tips for the Online World
Guidance on the most common apps and suitability of use
Helping parents keep their children safe online
Digital Parenting Magazine - online issues
NSPCC campaign for parents regarding safer social networking
We work with schools, family professionals and industry to deliver everything from internet safety magazines, online digital parenting training and assemblies, to parent guides examining the latest social media apps for children and young people
The Prevent Strategy
As part of Aylesham School’s commitment to safeguarding and child protection, we fully support the government's Prevent Strategy, and take guidance from Teaching Approaches to help build resilience to extremism. The Prevent strategy is a government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
Prevent Strategy parent leaflet
Policies related to Safeguarding
Please visit our POLICIES page for more information.