Safeguarding

If you have a concern about a child outside of school, or are having difficulty in managing your own child, you can ring Somerset Direct on:

Our Safeguarding Team

We take child protection extremely seriously at our school. If you have a concern, you can speak to any of the school’s designated and trained Child Protection officers:

Oakhill’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Ms Dowley, Deputy Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Miles, Mrs Caddick and Miss Cox

Ms Stephanie Dowley

DSL

Mrs Miles

DDSL

Mrs Caddick

PFSA/DDSL

Miss Cox

DDSL

Guy Swallow

Safeguarding Governor

The school also has access to a Parent and Family Support Advisor (PFSA), who can be contacted via PFSA@oakhill.bwmat.org 

Visiting or joining our school

A member of the office staff ensures that the school gates are kept locked during the school day, so all visitors are asked to report to the main entrance. Please be mindful that for everybody’s safety, identification procedures will be carried out; a copy of which are displayed by the office for your information.

All members of staff are vetted against national safeguarding procedures before being allowed to work in school. At least one member of every interview panel has undertaken safer recruitment training to ensure that best practices and all necessary checks are carried out.

Here are some useful links for safeguarding: