Safeguarding
St Vincent’s is a safe place for children, where we take our responsibilities for safeguarding very seriously. We teach the children about personal safety and how to keep themselves safe from harm. We have rigorous policies for child protection, train staff and volunteers and complete all the checks required by the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board.
Read these Top Tips for parents on how to keep your children safe online here.
If you are concerned about a member of staff please speak to the head teacher, Mrs O'Brien.
If your concern is about the Head Teacher, you should contact the Chair of Governors g.wisoba@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk
Designated Safeguarding Lead-
Laura Southall l.southall@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads-
Tarah O'Brien t.obrien@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk
Julette Bell: j.bell@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk
Maria Tabone: m.tabone@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk
Colum Davis: c.davis@stvincnt.bham.sch.uk
Out of school Text Message Service for safeguarding
If you are concerned about a child, out of school hours, please text this phone number: 07385234696
Please note that this is a text message service only. You may send voice notes via Whatsapp if you are unable to type in English. You will receive a typed message back.
Operation Encompass
We are an Operation Encompass school. Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership that helps schools to offer immediate support to children who are experiencing domestic abuse.
Operation Encompass makes sure that there is a notification to a school’s trained Designated Safeguarding Lead, before the start of the next school day, after an police have attended a domestic abuse incident where there are children related to any of the people involved in the incident.
This sharing of information allows for appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child.
Keep your children safe on the internet
Educate Against Hate
Practical advice for protecting children against extremism
Parenting Help
A great website for help with everything from bullying and sibling rivalry to fears and friendships
Gogivers