St. Joseph’s School is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all children in school. All North Yorkshire schools, including St. Joseph’s School, follow the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Board procedures. The school will, in most circumstances, endeavour to discuss all concerns with parents about their child/ren. However, there may be exceptional circumstances when the school will discuss concerns with Social Care and/or the Police without parental knowledge (in accordance with Child Protection procedures). The school will, of course, always aim to maintain a positive relationship with all parents. The school’s Child Protection policy is available publicly.

Please click here to view our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy located in the trust policies section

eSafety

There is plenty of help and advice available for parents to keep their child safe when they are online using the internet, both at home and when they are using portable devices such as smart phones and tablets.

You can go to these websites for here:

• Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
• Think U Know
• UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS)
• A Parents’ Guide to Facebook
• Twitter Help Centre – Families
• Your Sphere – Ask.fm
• Your Sphere – Xbox Parental Controls