Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do here at Birley Primary Academy. Great importance is placed on identifying opportunities in the taught curriculum for children to learn about safeguarding.
Our broad curriculum gives pupils opportunities to experience life in all its diversity, to acquire knowledge, understanding and skills that significantly impact personal development, behaviour and welfare, and equips every child with the knowledge and skills required for personal safeguarding.
Our PSHE curriculum covers all areas of safeguarding through each of our strands to a different degree. We are sensitive in our teaching and recognise that some more sensitive subjects need to be taught at an age appropriate level, or in small group, or 1:1 level where a more urgent need arises.
We plan to constantly challenge children to think deeply about safeguarding matters and their own personal, physical and mental well-being. We value pupils’ questions and give them space for their own thoughts, ideas and concerns.
We give pupils opportunities across the curriculum to explore values, personal rights, responsibilities and equal opportunities that develop moral concepts that impact positively on safeguarding, promote British Values and prevent radicalisation and extremism. There are many opportunities throughout our learning in school to explore safeguarding issues.
Purposely planned practical safeguarding opportunities are also planned into the curriculum to enrich our curriculum offer. This includes:
At Birley Primary Academy, we have developed an open and safe learning environment in which pupils express their views, seek help, and help others. The promotion of equality of opportunity and diversity, for pupils and staff, helps prevent any form of direct or indirect discriminatory behaviour and helps our children learn to not tolerate any prejudiced behaviour.
Our behaviour policy promotes making good choices and exhibiting good learning behaviours. Class times are a time for sharing ideas, addressing concerns and promoting our Birley Values whilst assemblies and circle times are used to promote personal safeguarding matters and explore themes. For example, we talk about anti-bullying – including cyber bullying, or British Values, including how these values are promoted in our society, within our assemblies.
Please find below our Safeguarding in the Curriculum document outlining the taught content across all year groups:
