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Safeguarding
At Crofton, Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Crofton has a Child Protection and Safeguardng policy in place - it can be read in full on our policies page.
A summary of our strategy is available in the leaflets below (click on the image for the full leaflet):
 Child friendly leaflet |
 Quick guide leaflet |
Support and advice is available from other organisations too:
| NSPCC |
If you're worried about online safety:
| Report harmful content online | Worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone is communicating with you online |
| Childline - Report Remove | IWF / NSPCC - report remove |
We are part of the scheme operating nationwide between police forces and schools to make sure timely information is shared and support received, no matter where a child lives .
Who to email with a safeguarding concern
Charlotte Brophy is the Safeguarding Lead and Designated Teacher for CLA at Crofton Junior School. If you have any Safeguarding Concerns, please email at croftonjuniorsafeguarding@crofton-jun.bromley.sch.uk.
This email will be monitored over school breaks.
The safeguarding team
Flowchart of actions where there are concerns about a child
Safeguarding terms, abbreviations and acronyms
BCSP – Bromley Children’s Safeguarding Panel
CAMHS - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (tackling child sex abuse and providing advice)
CHF – Children and Families Hub (previous MASH)
CLA – Child Looked After (previously LAC)
COUNTY LINES – Exploitation of young children by gangs to move and sell drugs across country.
CP – Child Protection
CSA - Child Sexual Abuse
CSC – Children’s Social Care
CCE – Child Criminal Exploitation
CSE – Child Sexual Exploitation (one aspect of CSA)
DA – Domestic Abuse (Also known as DV/ DVA)
DASH - Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour-Based Violence (HBV).
DASV - Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence
DBS – Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS checks were previously known as CRB checks)
DfE – Department for Education
DSL – Designated Safeguarding Lead. The member of staff that co-ordinates child safeguarding concerns and makes notifications and referrals (DDSL – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
DV – Domestic Violence (one aspect of DA)
EH - Early Help – “providing support as soon as a problem emerges, at any point in a child’s life, from the foundation years through to the teenage years”. Also known as Early Intervention and EHH – Early Help Hub
FGM - Female Genital Mutilation
HBV - Honour-Based Violence
HR – Human Resources
ICPCC – Initial Child Protection Case Conference
LA - Local Authority
LSCB – Local Safeguarding Children Board
MARAC - Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference
MARU – Multi-Agency Referral Unit
PoCA – Protection of Children Act
PNC record – Police National Computer record PR - Parental Responsibility
PREVENT – The prevention of adults and/ or children from being radicalised into extremism and terrorism
SARC – Sexual Assault Referral Centre (St Mary’s)
SCB - Safeguarding Children Board
SCR - Serious Case Review
SDQ – Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - a brief behavioural screening questionnaire about 3-16 year olds
SEXT/SEXTING - sending sexually explicit photographs or messages via devices connected to the internet, particularly mobile phones
SGO – Special Guardianship Order
TAC – Team Around a Child (part of Early Help)
TAF – Team Around the Family (part of Early Help)
UKCCIS – UK Council for Child Internet Safety
UPSKIRTING – The taking of a photograph up somebody’s skirt without their consent.