If you have any concerns about a child, or member of staff, within our school you should share this information immediately.

The named people below are the people who you should talk to within West Wycombe School if you have a concern about a child - however if they are unavailable please speak to the most senior member of staff available.

You can email the DSLs on safeguarding@wwglt.co.uk.

If your concerns are about a member of staff please speak to the  Head of School or if the concern is about the Headteacher please contact the Chair of the Executive Board.

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is:

Ed Tang (Headteacher)

Mr Tang is also the Designated Teacher for Looked After and Previously Looked After Children.

Our Additional DSLs are:

Mr D. St Croix (Deputy Headteacher)

Mrs Jull (KS2 Lead) 

Please see our E-Safety page for parent guides to online sites, such as Oovoo, Instagram etc. 

Safeguarding Statement

At West Wycombe School, the health, safety and well-being of every child are our paramount concern. We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. Our aim is for children to enjoy their time as pupils in this school. We want to work in partnership with you to help your child achieve their full potential and make a positive contribution.

To promote a safe environment for children, our selection and recruitment policy includes all checks on staff and regular volunteers’ suitability, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, as recommended by Buckinghamshire County Council in accordance with current legislation.

In accordance with our responsibilities under section 175/157 of the Education Act 2002 and Keeping Children Safe in Education, we have a Designated Safeguarding Lead for Child Protection (Mr Tang) who is a member of the senior management team, and has received appropriate training for this role. It is their responsibility to ensure that all staff in contact with children receives child protection awareness training on a regular basis.

Occasions do arise when our concern about a child mean we have to consult other agencies. Whilst we would always aim to work in partnership with parents there may be exceptions to this when concerns are raised for the protection of a child.

On very rare occasions Social Care, whilst undertaking an investigation under S47 of the Children Act 1989, may want to speak to a child without a parents’ knowledge. This would be a decision made in collaboration with partner agencies and would only be done in situations where a child might be at immediate risk. To gain consent at this point may increase the level of risk to the child or cause evidence of a crime to be lost.

The procedures, which we follow, have been laid down by the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in line with this for the safety of all. If you want to know more about our procedures, please speak to Mr Tang, Mr St. Croix or Mrs Jull.