CHILD PROTECTION AND Safeguarding

Bursted Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS checks are carried out on all staff.

Safeguarding our pupils is an important part of our daily work. We work together with our families and outside agencies to ensure our children are safe and know how to keep themselves safe. All of our staff, and Governors, have yearly training on safeguarding and child protection. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead team are:

STAFF

Miss Helen Charman (Principal) - Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Lesley Harborne (Vice Principal) - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mr Stevie Devlin - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Jenny Cane - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Danika Monk - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Please contact one of the above, via the school office if you have any concerns regarding a pupil

GOVERNING BODY

Mrs Tina Futcher-Smith - Trustee with responsibility for Safeguarding, Child Protection, CLA

POLICIES

Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Please see the Policies Tab for all policies and procedures relating to keeping our children and our staff safe.

OPERATION ENCOMPASS

We participate in Operation Encompass which advises schools about any domestic violence incidents where our pupils may have been present.

Operation Encompass is the notification to schools that a child (under 18) has been exposed to, or involved in, any domestic incident. This will ordinarily be done by the start of the next school day.

Operation Encompass will ensure that a specially trained member of the school staff, known as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), is informed. The DSL can then use the information that has been shared, in confidence, to ensure the wellbeing of the child.

THE PREVENT DUTY AND RADICALISATION

On 1 July 2015 the Prevent duty (section 26) of The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 came into force. This duty places the responsibility on local authorities and schools to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

Bursted Wood Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils. As a school we recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation is as important as safeguarding against any other vulnerability.

We believe that children should be given the opportunity to explore diversity and understand Britain as a multi-cultural society; everyone should be treated with respect whatever their race, gender, sexuality, religious belief, special need, or disability. We aim to build pupils’ resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values and encourage our children to debate and challenge extremist views in a safe environment.

All staff are expected to uphold and promote the fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. All staff have annual Prevent training so they are aware of what to look out for in terms of changed behaviours, use of language and/or interest in certain topics, able to identify children who may be vulnerable to radicalisation, and know what to do when they are identified.

This is part of our wider safeguarding duty and any concerns are reported to Miss Charman.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding and child protection we fully support the government's Prevent Strategy.

Extremism and Radicalisation Policy (Prevent)