St Hild’s College Church of England Primary School is committed to providing the very highest standards of protection and safety to the children entrusted to our care. All staff receive annual safeguarding training in relation to Keeping Children Safe in Education. Alongside this, staff are regularly and appropriately trained in first aid, digital safety, specific child protection issues and health and safety
Keeping Children Safe in Education is statutory guidance that schools and colleges in England must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. It is regularly reviewed and updated. You can access the document here:
Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025
The Safeguarding Team
There is a team of senior leaders who are trained and experienced in responding to safeguarding concerns:
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mrs Alex Ryder, Headteacher
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads:
As a parent, if you have any concerns about a child, please contact Durham First Contact to share these concerns.
As a child if you are feeling worried
We actively support the Government’s Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism and work closely with statutory and voluntary sectors to ensure we fulfil our safeguarding duties.
We are an Operation Encompass School. Operation Encompass directly connects the police with schools to ensure better outcomes for children who are subject or witness to police-attended incidents of domestic abuse. Find out more here
Our pupils are encouraged to share any concerns, and we have robust policies and processes in place that underpin what we do.
The School has a Designated Link Safeguarding Governor: Mr John Ashworth
This page was last updated September 2025