Safeguarding

Safeguarding Team & Statement

The primary job of our Safeguarding Team is to keep all children in our school safe – it is the most important aspect of school life. If you have any concerns or worries about any children, please do not hesitate to contact one of our Safeguarding Leadership Team, via the school office.

If you have any concerns or queries regarding safeguarding, then please contact Mrs Sarah Evans.

Mr Jim Riley (Safeguarding Governor) has oversight of the Safeguarding Leadership Team and can be contacted via the school office.

Alternatively, you can share your concern with Careline on 0151 233 3700

‘The school ensures children learn in a safe, caring and enriching environment. Children are taught how to keep themselves safe, to develop positive and healthy relationships, how to avoid situations where they might be at risk including by being exploited.

The school also has a statutory responsibility to share any concerns it might have about a child in need of protection with other agencies and in particular police, health and children’s services. Schools are not able to investigate child protection concerns but have a legal duty to refer them. In most instances the school will be able to inform the parents/carer of its need to make a referral. However, sometimes the school is advised by children’s services or police that the parent/carer cannot be informed whilst they investigate the matter or make enquires. We understand the anxiety parents/carers understandably feel when they are not told about any concerns from the outset. The school follows legislation that aims to act in the interests of the child.

'The school will always seek to work in partnership with parents and other agencies to ensure the best possible outcomes for the child and family’.

Operation Encompass

In conjunction with Lancashire Police, our school is involved in an initiative called Operation Encompass. The purpose of Operation Encompass is to safeguard and support children and young people who have been involved in, heard or witnessed a domestic abuse incident. Following such an incident, children will often arrive at school distressed, upset, worried and unprepared.

Operation Encompass aims to ensure that appropriate school staff (called Key Adults) are made aware early enough to support children and young people in a way that means they feel safe and included.

At our school, the Key Adults are Mrs Sarah Evans (Headteacher) and Mrs. Rebecca Whitfield (Deputy Headteacher).

This is a valuable initiative that means we can continue to support and help children and families within our school community when they need it most. If you have any questions about Operation Encompass please do not hesitate to contact our Key Adults.

This brief video tells the story of how the experience of one child instigated the creation of Operation Encompass by Elisabeth and David Carney-Haworth OBE's. For more information please visit Home : Operation Encompass