Safeguarding Curriculum Intent
Our Safeguarding curriculum is designed to teach students how they can stay safe and to recognise moments in their lives when they might need help, the curriculum also teaches students who they can go to for support, help or to report an issue.
The Curriculum provides students with knowledge on a wide range of issues so they are supported to stay safe including bullying, verbal and physical abuse, sex and relationships, domestic violence, staying safe online and offline, drugs/alcohol and many more topics so are students are supported to navigate the modern world safely.
The Safeguarding Curriculum is delivered both through CPSHE lessons, the wider curriculum and through many other opportunities in school including assemblies and guest speakers.
Safeguarding in the Catholic Church is deeply rooted in Catholic Social Teaching (CST) principles like the inherent dignity of every human person, the common good, and preferential option for the vulnerable.
The school is committed to keeping students safe through an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility to protect children and keep them safe as a core part of the Church's mission.
The Safeguarding Curriculum encompasses all the aspects of the Catholic Social Teaching Principles by teaching students their special value and worth and how they can keep themselves and others safe, happy and secure.