Safeguarding
Safeguarding at Audlem Primary School
Safeguarding Statement
Audlem School nurtures every child to enable them to achieve beyond expectations and develop into confident individuals with a lifelong love of learning, equipped with the skills they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We believe that all children deserve the best possible experience at school and our aim is to help them be the best that they can be across every area of school life – academic, social, personal, physical and spiritual. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers.
Our Safeguarding Policy works inline complaints policy, Health and safety, Attendance, Online safety? Equality, RSE, First aid, Relationship and Curriculum policies.
AUDLEM SCHOOL LEAVERS WILL BE:
Caring, respectful, with good social skills underpinned with honesty and integrity
Imaginative individuals, thinking critically and reflectively
Masters of the basic skills in all areas of learning
Confident, independent and resilient learners for life
Respectful of diversity and value all communities
Secure in their own set of personal values and guiding principles
This is best achieved when we all work together because together we are always stronger. The designated safeguarding lead for Audlem School is Andy Perry (Headteacher).
The nominated governor for safeguarding is Charlie Martin (Governor).
The designated leads for looked after children is Nicola Richardson (SENCo) and Andy Perry (Headteacher)
The Deputy safeguarding leads are Mrs Richardson and Mrs Bird.
All adults who work in school have a responsibility to read and understand all safeguarding policies. This expectation is displayed as the school's 'Safeguarding Notice for Workers and Volunteers'.
All adults are also expected to read the DfE guidance: Keeping Children Safe in Education. It should be read alongside statutory guidance: Working Together to Safeguard Children. Information sharing is vital to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. A key factor identified in many serious case reviews (SCRs) has been a failure by practitioners to record information, to share it, to understand its significance and then take appropriate action.
Effective working together depends on an open approach and honest relationships between agencies. Where professionals consider that the practice of other professionals is placing children at risk of harm, they must be assertive, act swiftly and ensure that they challenge the relevant professionals in line with the School's whistleblowing policy.
Schools have a duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism. This is referred to as Prevent.
All adults at Audlem are made aware of the NSPCC website: NSPCC
This anonymous service provides support to employees wishing to raise concerns about how their organisation has handled a child protection concern. All adults are made aware of CEOPS – Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command which is a National Crime Agency Command enabling staff and parents to make reports about inappropriate use of the internet.
Who to talk to within school:
If you have any concerns about a child’s safety, please contact us on 01270 906283 and ask to speak with someone from the Designated Safeguarding team.
Please find below a number of contact numbers, should you require any support or help during times when school is closed:
Audlem St James CE Primary School 01270 906283 or head@stjamesaudlem.cheshire.sch.uk
Cheshire East Children’s Consultation Service (CHECS – Social Care) 0300 123 5012 (option 3)
Cheshire East Children’s Consultation Service out of hours emergency number (CHECS – Social Care) 0300 123 5022
Childline 0800 1111 NHS 111 111
Non- emergency police contact 101 The emergency services (Police, Fire, Ambulance) 999
Safeguarding of Children Concerns (Children living in other authorities):
(Shropshire Initial Contact Team 0345 678 9021 Out of hours Emergency Duty Team 0345 6789040)
Staffordshire First Response Team (if you live in Staffordshire) 0800 1313126 0345 6042886 (out of hours emergencies)
Prevent Referrals Prevent Referral Process Mental Health Helpline 0300 3033972 Adult Safeguarding 0300 1235010
You can also follow the link below for Cheshire East’s Safeguarding Team:
Please follow the below link for Domestic Abuse Guidance from Cheshire East:
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The NSPCC has updated its online safety content for parents and carers on its website and this also now includes new advice on talking to children about upsetting coronavirus content which they may have viewed online.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/inappropriate-explicit-content
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-child-online-safety
The Safer Schools Home Learning Hub is a free library of resources to support parents and carers who are taking the time to help their children be safer online. The resources have been adapted to make them easily accessible for everyone.
https://oursaferschools.co.uk/home-learning-hub
There are many websites and organisations that can offer a wealth of safeguarding and e-safety advice much of which is updated regularly. On this page, you will find links to a selection of recommended resources.
If your child has a mobile device, then please monitor it closely and seek help where required. For more information see our Staying Safe Online page.
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