Safeguarding

St John Bosco RC primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people; we expect all pupils, staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.

The school ensures children learn in a safe, caring and enriching environment. Children are taught how to identify risky, unsafe or problematic situations, how and when to seek help, how to develop positive and healthy relationships, and 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 concerns but have a legal duty to refer them. In most instances the school will be able to inform the parents/carers 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 enquiries. 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.

Mrs L Pearson is Lead Designated Safeguarding Officer

Mrs. M. Webster and Mrs. F Lovell are Deputy Lead Designated Safeguarding Officers. 

Mrs S. Owens, is our Link Governor for Safeguarding.

We work hard to ensure that all children, staff and visitors in our school are aware of who is responsible for safeguarding and who they can speak to if needed. meetings, newsletters and on our display screens around the school. If you do not wish photographs of your child to be used for these purposes, then please contact the Head teacher.

 

If you have any concerns of worries related to safeguarding please contact the above people on 0161 740 7094. 

If you have any concerns either out of school hours or not related to school please click here to find out more information on Manchester's team.

 

Our school is part of Operation Encompass. This is a police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Abuse.

Operation Encompass means that the police will share information about Domestic Abuse incidents with our school PRIOR to the start of the next school day when they have been called to a domestic incident.

Our Key Adults are named in the safeguarding policy.

Our parents are fully aware that we are an Operation Encompass school.

Operation Encompass information is stored in line with all other confidential safeguarding and child protection information.

The Key Adult has also led training for all school staff and Governors about Operation Encompass, the prevalence of Domestic Abuse and the impact of this abuse on children. We have also discussed how we can support our children following the Operation Encompass notification.

We are aware that we must do nothing that puts the child/ren or the non-abusing adult at risk.

The Safeguarding Governor will report on Operation Encompass in the termly report to Governors. All information is anonymised for these reports.

The Key Adult has used the Operation Encompass Toolkit to ensure that all appropriate actions have been taken by the school.

 

Website Links

https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/100010/social_care_and_support/3843/help_for_someone_being_abused_or_neglected

https://parentzone.org.uk/

https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

https://www.childnet.com/   Childnet International is a non-profit organisation working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children

https://www.operationencompass.org

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