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Safeguarding
The Governors and staff of St Mary’s Catholic Primary School take seriously our responsibility to promote the welfare and safeguard all the children and young people entrusted to our care.
We have a Child Protection Policy and procedures in place and all staff, volunteers and governors must ensure they are aware of these procedures. Our policies are available for parents to read.
The Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in our school are:
Designated Safeguarding and Prevent Lead: Michele Blunt - Headteacher - michele.blunt@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk
Deputy DSLs: Angela Thorogood - Senior Teacher - angela.thorogood@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk
Nicola Samson - Senior Teacher - nicola.samson@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk
Sarah Clark - SENCO - sarah.clark@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk
Safeguarding Governor: Anne Locke - anne.locke@st-marys-whitstable.kcsp.org.uk
If you are concerned about a child’s welfare, please record your concern and report to one of the DSLs as soon as possible. Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.
If your concerns relate to the actions or behaviour of a member of staff (which could suggest that s/he is unsuitable to work with children) then you should report this to the Headteacher Mrs Blunt.
DfE published an update to the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) statutory guidance: DfE Statutory Guidance
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy 2025-26
PANTS Rule NSPCC
Let’s Talk PANTS!
We want to help you, as parents and carers, talk to your children about staying safe from sexual abuse. That’s why we’re asking you to talk PANTS – it’s an easy way to have that very important conversation.
Simple conversations – like crossing the road safely, bullying and dealing with strangers – are subjects that you and your child might talk about. Rightly so. But what about staying safe from sexual abuse? It’s a conversation no parent wants to have but thankfully, with the help of our friendly dinosaur Pantosaurus, it doesn’t have to be scary.
By talking PANTS you have a simple way to help keep your child safe from sexual abuse – without ever using scary words or even mentioning sex.
With hundreds of thousands of parents having already talked PANTS with their child, we know these simple conversations really can help keep them safe. And that’s what – the links below we will help you do.