Designated Safeguarding Leads

​A Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is a member of school staff who has lead responsibility for child protection issues in school. 

At Sprowston we have a Senior DSL who is a member of the school's leadership team, and two Alternate DSL's who deputise should the Senior DSL not be available.

At Sprowston we are very fortunate to have additional DSL's who are all trained to the same level - this allows  a greater coverage to deal with any safeguarding issue that may arise.

All of our DSLs attend an initial 2 day Child Protection course delivered by Safeguarding specialists from Norfolk County Council.​  This training is updated every two years.

In addition all DSLs attend Multi Agency training in specific specialist areas of safeguarding such as domestic  abuse, neglect, Childhood Sexual Exploitation etc.

At Sprowston all of our DSLs can be recognised by their burgandy DSL lanyards, as pictured and are always there to support not only our students, but also our families.