Safeguarding children
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children means:
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protecting children from maltreatment
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preventing the impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development
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ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
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taking action to enable all children to have the best possible outcomes
At Willerby Carr Lane Primary School, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils is everyone’s responsibility and is fully embedded in all aspects of school life. We take a child-centred and coordinated approach, ensuring that the best interests of the child are always at the heart of our work.
Safeguarding is not seen as a standalone policy, but as a shared culture and daily practice. All staff receive regular, high-quality training so that they are confident to act, understand current safeguarding issues and maintain a professional curiosity. Staff work with an ‘it could happen here’ mindset and know that concerns, no matter how small they may seem, must always be acted upon.
The views and voices of our children are listened to, valued and taken seriously. We work in close partnership with parents, carers and external agencies, and with our governing body, to ensure that safeguarding arrangements are robust, effective and continually reviewed. Our safeguarding policies and procedures are clearly understood by all staff and are consistently applied.
Alongside this, we ensure that our children know that their health, safety and wellbeing matter. They are taught that they are respected, listened to and supported, and that they can speak to any trusted adult in school if they are worried or need help.
Safeguarding is also embedded within our curriculum, where children are taught how to recognise risk, keep themselves safe, develop healthy relationships and understand how to seek support when needed.
If you have any safeguarding concerns or queries, please do not hesitate to contact our Safeguarding Team.
Mrs Smith and Mrs Widdowson are the members of staff responsible for Child Protection, and Ms K Boughen is the Safeguarding Governor.
Mrs K Smith – Safeguarding Lead
Mrs L Widdowson – Deputy Safeguarding Lead
Mrs K Boughen – Safeguarding Governor
How do we keep children safe at our school?
At Willerby Carr Lane, safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we provide a carefully sequenced curriculum that teaches pupils how to stay safe, healthy and responsible both online and offline. From the Early Years through to the end of Key Stage 2, children are taught about online safety, respectful behaviour, diversity and inclusion, and how to seek help when something does not feel right. This work is underpinned by the promotion of British Values, including respect, tolerance, individual liberty and mutual understanding. The documents below set out how we meet our safeguarding responsibilities and how we equip pupils with the knowledge, skills and confidence to keep themselves and others safe.
- How do we teach children about body confidence and self-esteem?
- How do we teach children about online safety?
- How do we teach children about child on child abuse, sexual violence, sexual harassment and consent?
- How do we teach children about LGBTQ+ relationships?
- How do we teach children about personal safety?
- How do we teach children about healthy and respectful relationships?
- How do we teach children about stereotyping, prejudice and equality (including the protected characteristics)?
Further info:
Any person employed to work with children in our school is expected to be cleared by a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, we have made available the below documents to give you further advice and information:
Below are a number of contact details and links for your information:
Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHaSH)
During office hours (Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-4.30pm), you can contact EHaSH on:
Outside of office hours, please contact the emergency duty team:
Family Information Services Hub (FISH)
Free, impartial service for children, young people, parents/carers & the people who support them.
The following websites may be helpful:
The NSPCC is the UK’s leading children’s charity, preventing abuse and helping those affected to recover.
Talk PANTS helps children understand that their body belongs to them, and they should tell someone they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried.
Helping you to better protect your children online.
Child Exploitation and Online Protection.
Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online.
Helpful information and guidance on a range of key online safety topics.
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a Police and Education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people exposed to domestic abuse.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools before the start of the next school day when a child or young person has been involved or exposed to a domestic abuse incident the previous evening.
The information is given in strict confidence to a school’s Key Adult to enable support to be given dependent on the needs and wishes of the child.
Operation Encompass is a Trauma Informed and Trauma Sensitive charity. We acknowledge and understand the impact of Domestic Abuse as an Adverse Childhood Experience.
Operation Encompass mitigates against the damaged caused by exposure to Domestic Abuse and other ACE’s
