For safeguarding issues outside of school hours including weekends, you should report any safeguarding concerns about a child, young person or vulnerable adult to CASS (the Children’s Advice and Support Service) on 0121 303 1888. Outside of office hours ring 0121 675 4806.
If you believe a crime has been committed contact the police on 101
If you believe that someone else is at immediate risk of harm dial 999
Darul Uloom Islamic High School is committed to creating and maintaining the safest possible environment for children in which to be cared and educated. We believe that it is always unacceptable for a child to experience abuse of any kind and recognise our responsibility to safeguard the welfare of all children, by a commitment to practice which protects them.
We will endeavour to safeguard our pupils by:
⦁ Valuing them, listening to and respecting them
⦁ Adopting child protection guidelines and statutory requirements through detailed procedures
⦁ Adopting a code of conduct for staff, parents and visitors
⦁ Responding quickly and appropriately to all suspicions or allegations of abuse or issues relating to child welfare
⦁ Working in partnership with parents, carers families and children and providing them with the opportunities to choice any concerns they may have
⦁ Recruiting staff safely and ensuring all necessary checks
⦁ Sharing information about child protection and good practice with parents and staff
⦁ Sharing information about concerns with agencies who need to know, and involving parents and children appropriately
⦁ Providing effective management for all staff through induction, supervision, support and appropriate safeguarding training
⦁ Ensuring that confidential information is stored and manage in accordance with national guidelines
⦁ Ensuring that children are safe from terrorist and extremist material when accessing the internet
⦁ Building pupils resilience to radicalisation
We are also committed to ensuring that our Safeguarding Children policies and procedures are live documents that are continually reviewed and updated.
Our policy has been produced in line with the Government’s publications on safeguarding.
Click on the Safeguarding Policy link for further details.
All of our policies are available upon request from the school office.
