Child Protection

_G_{argrave Primary School is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all children in school. All North Yorkshire schools, including Gargrave Primary 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 on request from the school office.}

_{Access to Information}

_{Parents of children currently attending the school have the right of access to the following documents:}

_{Any published OFSTED/HMI reports about the school}
_{North Yorkshire's Agreed Syllabus for RE}
_{North Yorkshire County Council Curriculum policy statements}
_{Full details of the Local Education Authority's Complaints procedure, including the procedure for the exclusion on pupils}
_{Current guidelines and schemes of work at use in school}
_{National Curriculum policy documents}

_{Should you wish to see any of the above documents please contact the Head Teacher.}

_{Complaints and Grievances Procedures}

_{The following is a guide to the hierarchy of appropriate procedures available to parents who have concerns about their children, their education, or the School staff.}

_{Issues relating to a child's welfare, progress and behaviour should initially be addressed to the class teacher.}
_{Any issues still unresolved as a result of this consultation should then be taken up with the Headteacher.}
_{Other matters such as curriculum concerns or school organisation should also be addressed to the Headteacher.}
_{If issues still remain unresolved after discussions with staff ad the Head, then the Chairman of the Governors (Mr Richard Smith) should be contacted.}
_{If this does not bring resolution then parents will need to apply to the County's Complaints Procedure, available on request from the School.}

GARGRAVE C.E. (V.C.) PRIMARY SCHOOL

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