Key Safeguarding Staff

Keeping children safe is the most important thing we do in school and making sure children are protected from harm is the responsibility of everyone in the school community. Safeguarding covers lots of areas in school so we have a Safeguarding Team that meets regularly to make sure we keep on top of everything.

The members of this team are

Miss Maddison – Head Teacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Miss Hamilton - Inclusion Leader inc. Special Needs Coordinator (SENCO)

Mrs Wood – Senior Learning Mentor

Miss Stocks - Senior Teaching Assistant

Mrs Radford –Business Manager

Mrs Butler - Senior Office Administrator

Miss Maddison – Head Teacher

The Head Teacher is ultimately responsible for all safeguarding in school. Miss Maddison has in depth training and is the school's Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Miss Hamilton - Inclusion Leader

Mrs Hamilton is a member of the school's senior leadership team. She is responsible for Inclusion and coordinates our provision for children with special needs. She also works alongside the Head Teacher to lead the safeguarding team. She is a qualified Designated Safeguarding Lead and also has qualifications that mean she can train other staff in school about safeguarding and child protection.

Mrs Wood - Senior Learning Mentor

Ms Stocks – Senior Teaching Assistant

Mrs Wood and Ms Stocks work with children who are experiencing difficulties either emotionally or behaviourally (or both). Sometime they work with individuals and sometimes with groups and in a range of ways.

They are keen to support as many families as possible so if you have any concerns about your child’s behaviour or wellbeing do not hesitate to contact them and they will give you advice, find answers for you or sign post you to someone who can help They are available most mornings from 8am until 9am on a ‘drop in’ basis (other times by arrangement).

Sometimes it may be parents who need advice and support, again they can help or point parents in the direction of other agencies in the local community who will be able to help.

If you are interested in volunteering in school Ms Stocks is the person to see. All volunteers receive training and sign a Code of Conduct. Ms Stocks also supports adult students in school working towards Teaching Assistant qualifications. If you are interested in becoming a teaching assistant Ms Stocks can give you lots of advice. Ms Stocks also runs our popular ‘Pathways to Nursery’ sessions so make sure you come along on Thursday afternoons if your child is starting nursery soon.

Mrs Radford – Business Manager

Mrs Radford ensures all the essential paperwork is complete and up to date such as risk assessments, training and of course the checks that must be undertaken for people who want to work or volunteer with children. She also links with the site manager (Mr Atkinson) to ensure health and safety is managed effectively.

Mrs Butler - Senior Administrator

Mrs Butler oversees the schools pupil attendance systems.

Rufford Primary School