Safeguarding & Data Protection

We take the issue of safeguarding our children very seriously. All of our staff and committee have DBS (Disclosure and Barring service) checks.

We have comprehensive policies and procedures in the setting, which are available for you to read or can be emailed to you.

The safeguarding policy document is also on the parent notice board which is displayed outside the setting each day.

Please speak to a member of staff if you have any questions regarding safeguarding.

Our notice board also has up to date information and telephone numbers relating to safeguarding including Ofsted’s number and the number of the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

Any incident which, in our view, is a safeguarding matter will be documented and kept on file with relevant safeguarding teams advised. This information is always shared with parents unless this would be detrimental to the child concerned.

Judith Cotter and Lisa Inman are the staff designated safeguarding officers for the setting and Julian Ridler is the committee member responsible for safeguarding.

All other staff have safeguarding training to at least level 2.

Whitchurch Pre-School is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) 

(i)  The Data Controller is Whitchurch Pre-School. 

(ii)  The security of personal information provided by parents in respect of themselves or their children is very important to us and we endeavour to comply with all current data protection legislation. Such information will be treated in confidence by the staff and will be held by us solely for the purposes of administration, providing the highest quality and care for the children and, where necessary, catering for a child’s individual needs. 

(iii) Where a parent/carer believes that the information being held is inaccurate, either in respect of themselves or the child for whom they are responsible, they are entitled to contact a member of staff and ask for any errors to be corrected.