St Mary's School is committed to safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and procedures are something which all staff (including supply staff, volunteers and governors) are aware of and must agree to follow.

We follow Safer Recruitment guidelines for all staff appointments. An enhanced DBS vetting check is required for all staff prior to the start of employment, and is also required for regular volunteers in school.

 Operation Encompass

The school is part of Operation Encompass, run by Sussex Police. This means that if a child has been exposed to or involved in any domestic incident to which the police have had to respond, they will report this to us prior to the start of the next school day. This ensures that we are able to make provision for the possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been subject to a domestic violence abuse incident.