Keeping every
child
safe
At Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, we have a strong culture of safeguarding supported by strong systems.
The Charter Schools Educational Trust (the ‘Trust’) is committed across all its schools, including Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, in providing a safe and secure environment for children, staff and visitors, and to promoting a culture in which everyone feels confident about sharing any and all concerns they may have about their own safety, and well-being or the safety and well-being of others.
Our aim to safeguard and promote the welfare of children by protecting them from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking robust action to enable all children to have the best outcomes possible.
The Hamlet Guide to Safeguarding
How to contact the Safeguarding team
Claire Purcell (Executive Headteacher) is the safeguarding lead. You can find her on the school gate every morning and afternoon. If it is an emergency please call the school on 020 7274 8374
or emailing FAO Safeguarding to office@dulwichhamletjuniorschool.org.uk with your concern and a safeguarding lead will get back to you as soon as possible.
You can also contact Southwark's Council's Safeguarding team by visiting:
What if I have a safeguarding concerns about a member of staff?
You should report any concerns you have about members of staff to the headteacher. If the concern is about the headteacher you should report it to the chair of governors.
What happens if a member of staff contacts me about a safeguarding concern?
All staff have a legal responsibility to act on any safeguarding concerns that they have. That means that if your child makes a disclosure, staff must act upon it. Often we will talk to your child to find out a little more about what they have said or what has been observed and we may then contact you to discuss the disclosure or concern.
What should I do if I have a safeguarding concern?
Contact any member of staff as soon as you can. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility so if you have any concern no matter how small speak to a member of our staff.
