At Bensham Manor School, we take the safeguarding of all of our community very seriously.

During your time at the school, if you have any concerns about the well-being of any person, please inform the below members of staff who can be contacted via the Main School Office.

If a child makes a disclosure to you, please follow these guidelines.

• Stop and Listen. Take the child serious and assume they are telling the truth.
• Do NOT promise confidentiality. Tell the child that you may have to pass on the information to someone who can help.
• Reassure the child they have done the right thing by telling you.
• Do not ask leading questions or ask the child to repeat what they have said to another member of staff not listed above.
• Keep the information confidential.
• Record and report the conversion as soon after the disclosure as possible and pass it onto the members of staff above.