All Children have the right to be safe. Every member of the school community is responsible for contributing to a positive culture of safeguarding and keeping it at the heart of everything we do; it is the golden thread running through our school priorities. 

Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is committed to ensuring the safety of its whole school community.  Staff, Students, Parents, Governors and visitors must all share this commitment and play their own part in it.

The school is fully committed to the Department for Education's guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and follows Buckinghamshire County Council's guidance on Safer Recruitment and Selection in Schools when appointing staff.

 If you are concerned about the safety, wellbeing or behaviour of any member of our school community, then please contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads via our designated safeguarding email address: safeguarding@swbgs.com

Contact can also be made by calling the school Reception 01628 816500

• Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility - we all have a duty of care and the welfare of the child is paramount.

• Safeguarding is a broad term that encompasses the range of things done to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of young people on an ongoing, day-to-day basis. 

• Child protection is part of safeguarding: it is the action we take to protect a child who may be in imminent danger.

• Everyone working at Borlase must be attentive to signs that indicate that a child’s welfare may be at risk.  This may be through one or more of the following: sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse or neglect.  These signs could include changes in: behaviour, appearance, school engagement and attendance, mood, friendships.

• Everyone working at Borlase must adopt an “it could happen here” mentality and be prepared to raise concerns if we have them.