Dr South’s CEPrimary School
Safeguarding
Children’s safety is of paramount importance at Dr South’s. We believe it is everybody’s responsibility.
Our designated safeguarding leads are :
Mrs Watson - Headteacher
Mrs Halsey - SENCO
Dr South's CE Primary School is committed to keeping children safe at all times. The school has a comprehensive range of policies concerned with general health and safety and safeguarding. Although we would hope that it would not be necessary, parents may also find it useful to know how safeguarding concerns can be raised or reported.
Volunteers attend Annual Generalist Safeguarding Training sessions along with staff and school governors. This training addresses the full range of safeguarding risks, how to identify various kinds of abuse and who to share information with.
Parents who are not volunteers in school may also have cause to report concerns from time to time:
For adults
If you think a child is in immediate danger, call the police on 999.
If you wish to report a concern, you can speak to our safeguarding lead, Mrs Watson on 01865 372323 or email office.3655@dr-souths.oxon.sch.uk
Alternatively, you can report directly to the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board via the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) on 0345 050 7666 during office hours (8.30am–5pm Mon to Thursday and 8.30-4pm Friday).
Outside office hours: Emergency Duty Team: 0800 833 408
You can also report a concern online via Oxford County Council reporting procedures.
For children
If you are a child with concerns, please speak to an adult in school who can support you. You can also call Childline on 0800 1111 or visit their website: Childline
The school has a responsibility to look after the children.
Dr South’s Primary School ensures that all relevant pre-employment checks are carried out on employees and workers directly.
All staff, volunteers and governors have signed to say they have read 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' Sept 2026 and the Sept 2026 Child Protection policy.
As appropriate, visitors to the school are asked to provide photographic ID and are provided with a visitor’s pass.
Third party organisations deploying staff or workers to the school are required to provide confirmation that the pre-employment and safeguarding checks relevant to the role have been carried.
Further Information
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026
Parents have a responsibility to look after their children.
It is always good to be pro-active when talking about issues of safety with your children rather than waiting for a problem. If you have an approach which means that things are discussed in an open manner, your child will be more inclined to approach you if they have a concern.
Parents may find these links helpful when talking about internet safety with their children:
This is a guide for parents on the social networks and games that children use.
This site includes age specific advice (including for Early Years) about what children might be doing online, how to talk to them about what they are doing and advice and support on parental controls.
Children have a responsibility to look after themselves.
We are passionate about making sure that children have the skills to keep themselves safe. As well as teaching the children about issues such as internet safety through discrete lessons, we also ensure that we dripfeed issues around safety through the curriculum in other ways, for example by teaching cycling proficiency, water safety, Junior Citizen, Injury Minimisation and the safe use of tools.