What is safeguarding?

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. If you have a concern about a child, you can contact a member of the school's safeguarding team to speak with them.

The NSPCC define safeguarding as the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

Safeguarding means:

• protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
• preventing harm to children’s health or development
• ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.

All members of the Safeguarding Team can be contacted via School on 01507 450357

Safeguarding Staff at St. Margaret's

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)	Miss K Robinson
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)	Mrs N Chivers
Safeguarding Governor	Mrs L Foreman

Report a safeguarding concern

If you believe that a child or adult may be a victim of neglect, abuse or cruelty please speak to one of the above safeguarding leads or, alternatively, contact Lincolnshire County Council Safeguarding on:

• Children's safeguarding - 01522 782111 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm)
• Adult's safeguarding - 01522 782155 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm)
• or 01522 782333 (outside office hours)

You do not need to know everything about the situation. You may just be worried or feel that something is not right.

If you believe that a crime has been committed and there is an immediate risk of danger, call the police on 999 or 112.

If there is no immediate danger, call the police on 101.

People who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired can use the police Typetalk service on:

• 01522 558263
• or, 01522 558140
• or, 07761 911287

If you are a child and want to talk to someone, you can contact Childline on 0800 1111. 

Domestic Abuse 

Our school is part of Operation Encompass. This is a police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Abuse.

Operation Encompass means that the Education Safeguarding Service will share information about Domestic Abuse incidents with our school's Safeguarding Leads PRIOR to the start of the next school day, where police have been called to a domestic incident.

If you have a concern about domestic abuse, call EDAN Lincs on 01522 510041.

EDAN Lincs website

To find out about advocacy, visit the Connect to Support Lincolnshire.

Child sexual exploitation

A confidential 24-hour helpline is available for children and young people who are worried they are in an exploitative situation.

Call or text free on 116 000 or visit the #SaySomething website.

	Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy 2026 -27 .docx	[pdf 960KB]
	Keeping children safe in education 2026	[pdf 1MB]
	Operation Encompass - help and advice	[pdf 645KB]
	LSCP strategic priorities posters 2025-28	[pdf 11MB]
	childline-poster-primary-schools-english.	[pdf 172KB]