At Great Tew School we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children. We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where students and their families are respected and valued. We are alert to the signs and indicators of abuse and neglect and we follow recognised local and national procedures to ensure that all children receive effective support and protection.
Our school follows the procedures required by the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (OSCP), who are responsible in Oxfordshire, for ensuring agencies work together to safeguard children and testing how effectively this happens. Please visit their website for more information about the OSCP – Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Safeguarding children is EVERYONE’s responsibility. If you have a concern about the safety or well-being of one of our pupils, then you have a duty to report it to a member of our Designated Safeguarding Team:
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs. Lynn Jenkins – Email: head.2104@great-tew.oxon.sch.uk
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads
Mrs Amanda Munson – Email: amunson.2104@great-tew.oxon.sch.uk
Mrs Laura Platt – Email: lplatt.2104@great-tew.oxon.sch.uk
Mrs Lauren Nimmo – Email: lnimmo.2104@great-tew.oxon.sch.uk
Safeguarding Link Governor
Miss Naomi Roberts (Chair of Governors) – Email: chair.2104@great-tew.oxon.sch.uk
Alternatively, you can contact the Oxfordshire Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) on 0345 050 7666 to report your concern.
Please visit Oxfordshire MASH for more information.
Childline – 0800 11 11
NSPCC Helpline – 0808 800 5000
If a child is in immediate danger – call the emergency services using 999
Early Help
All agencies that work with children, young people, and families are responsible for listening to your concerns and worries and working closely with you to make sure you and your family get the right support at the right time. At times children and families need a bit of extra support – and when that happens, it’s ok to ask for help.
Early help is the collection of all services that work with children and families and how they work together in a coordinated way to support children, young people and their families.
Early Help is there to make sure worries don’t become bigger and you get the support you need at the right time. You may have found out about how early help can make a difference from a teacher, health visitor, doctor, or another trusted professional.
Early help brings together all the relevant services in Oxfordshire so they are working in a coordinated way to support families.
There are lots of different reasons you might need early help:
- You could be worried about your own or your child’s health, development, or behaviour, or how things are going at school.
- You could be caring for others, or maybe you’ve had a bereavement in the family, and it’s made life a real challenge.
- Maybe you or your family are affected by domestic abuse, mental health concerns, drugs, or alcohol.
Oxfordshire Locality Community Support Service (LCSS) has produced the following guide to Early Help – Early Help Guide for Families
Oxfordshire County Council – Family Information Service:
FIS – Family Toolkit – Information, links, helplines, and tools to support children, young people, and families.
FIS – Strengthening Family Relationships – Information and tools that can help reduce or improve conflict at home. Please note conflict is NOT domestic abuse. Please use the following link if you or someone you know are a victim of domestic abuse – Domestic Abuse Support Services Oxfordshire
If you have any questions or concerns at all please speak to one of our Designated Safeguarding Team.
Alternatively, you can contact our LCSS Link Clive Wedlock directly – clive.wedlock@oxfordshire.gov.uk – for more information.
Prevent Strategy
What is the Prevent Strategy?
- Prevent is a government strategy designed to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist or extremist causes.
- The Prevent strategy covers all types of terrorism and extremism.
How does the Prevent Strategy apply to schools?
- From July 2015 all schools (as well as other organisations) must safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism.
- This means we have a responsibility to protect children from extremist and violent views the same way we protect them from any other harm.
- Importantly, we can provide a safe place for pupils to discuss these issues, at an appropriate level so they better understand how to protect themselves.
What does this mean in practice at Great Tew School?
Many of the things we already do in school to help children become positive, happy members of society also contribute to the Prevent strategy. These include:
- Having strong aims and ethos which pervades our school.
- Focusing on core values.
- Exploring other cultures and religions and promoting diversity.
- Challenging prejudices and racist comments.
- Developing critical thinking skills and a strong, positive self-identity.
- Promoting the spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development of pupils, as well as British values such as democracy.
We will also protect children from the risk of radicalisation, for example by using filters on the internet to make sure they can’t access extremist and terrorist material, or by vetting visitors who come into school to work with pupils.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Prevent Strategy and what it means for your child, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our Designated Safeguarding Team.
Action Counters Terrorism – ACT Early
Great Tew School – Prevent Risk Assessment
Great Tew School – Prevent Duty Statement
Safeguarding Further Information & Websites
Great Tew School – Safeguarding Policy 2025/2026
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026