Under the Education Act 2002 (Section 175) schools must make arrangements
to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Parents/carers should know
that the law (Children Act 1989) requires all school staff to pass on information
which gives rise to a concern about a child’s welfare, including risk from neglect,
physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
Tylorstown Primary School has as its priority, the protection and well being of
all pupils in the school as outlined in the All Wales Child Protection Procedures.
In our school there are 4 Safeguarding Officers who have overall responsibility
for child protection matters and act as a source of advice and support to other
school staff.

These are:

Our school also has a nominated Child Protection Governor (Cllr R. Bevan) who
has to ensure that the school has a child policy in place, which is consistent with
the All Wales Child Protection Procedures (2008) and that all staff in the
school must follow correct procedures where there are concerns or suspicions
of child abuse.
If we receive information about a child which suggests that he/she has been
abused or at risk of being abused, we have a duty to refer those concerns to
the social services department of the police without delay.   The Headteacher
has no discretion in this matter whatsoever.
Our first concerns as a school is your child’s welfare and where we have general
concerns, these will be raised with you and we would want to work with you to
remedy the situation.  However, there may be concerns, as listed above, where
we have to talk to other agencies before we contact you.  Should this be
necessary, we want to reassure you that any concerns we have about your child
will then be fully discussed with you in a way which is consistent with your
child’s best interests.