If you have any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of a child at our school please ask to speak to our Designated Safeguarding Lead or one of our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.

Mr Sladen and Mrs Russel-Leach are our Governors for Safeguarding.

** Safeguarding and Child Protection 2026 will be uploaded following updates to current guidance. **

We follow the statutory guidance from Working together to safeguarding children and Keeping Children safe in education (KCSIE). Copies of the documents can be found here:

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026

Children_and_young_person_guide_to_working_together_to_safeguard_childrenDownload

PREVENT

The document below outline’s the government ‘Prevent Strategy’ designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist or extremist causes.

All staff and Governors have taken the recommended course in relation to Prevent Duty.

UK Government PREVENT duty: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance

Prevent Stategy for Parents leaflet – June 2019Download

Safeguarding is not taught as a discrete subject at Edward Peake, but is an important part of every child’s education.

Safeguarding Curriculum Intent

Safe children are successful learners. Through a range of curriculum areas, we intend to deliver effective learning experiences in line with KCSIE that enable pupils to recognise safeguarding concerns so they can live safe, happy and successful lives.

While safeguarding is everyone’s concern, this curriculum is delivered primarily through lifeskills lessons, and the form tutor and assembly programme in each year group.

To protect children from maltreatment, prevent impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development, ensure that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and take action to enable all children to have the best outcomes. Enabling all staff to always act in the best interests of children, thus creating a culture of Safeguarding across the whole school.

Our curriculum is enhanced through a range of external visitors, such as police officers, who talk to students about community issues and staying safe, including:

Road Safety
Fire Safety
Dark nights
Drugs and Alcohol Awareness
Online Safety
Knife Crime

Are you concerned about a child or a young person? Contact the safeguarding team at Central Bedfordshire Council.

Call 0300 300 8585 immediately (office hours). For out-of-hours reports, call 0300 300 8123.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, we have partnered with Bedfordshire Police to take part in a home office initiative called Operation Encompass, the aim of which is to facilitate the swift sharing of information between police forces and schools.

Operation Encompass is an information-sharing partnership between Bedfordshire Police and Bedfordshire educational settings (from Reception through to Higher Education) that allows schools to offer immediate support for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse.

Information obtained by the police at the attendance of a domestic abuse incident is shared with a school before the start of the next school day which enables appropriate support to be given depending on the needs and wishes of the child.