PREVENT, Safeguarding and Encompass
There are lots of fun activities on the internet that will help your children to keep themselves safe. The NSPCC is a great place to start. Here is a link to a page on their website with activities to do at home with your child: ACTIVITIES FOR HOME
If you have any concerns regarding your child's digital life and their online safety, there are some useful tools on this website: Look HERE
Our Designated Safeguarding Leads at St. Patrick's are:
Mrs Hindley (DSL)
Mrs Rodriguez (Deputy DSL)
Mrs Cross (Deputy DSL)
SAFEGUARDING THE CHILDREN OF ST PATRICKS
St Patrick’s RC Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and external agencies to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
If any parents, carers or visitors to school have any safeguarding concerns at all they should contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for safeguarding and child protection who is the Headteacher Mrs Hindley. In her absence they should speak to the Deputy DSL Mrs Rodriguez. Any concerns regarding the Headteacher in relation to matters of safeguarding should be brought to the attention of our Chair of Governors, Mrs Maureen Woodall, via the school office.
All schools are expected to and required to ensure they adhere to statutory safeguarding procedures in order to keep children safe in and out of school and to promote their welfare and well being.
School practice is informed by the following key documents:
Keeping Children Safe in Education – September 2023
Working Together to Safeguard Children - December 2023
Children Missing Education – Statutory Guidance – September 2016
Lancashire Strategy for Children who go missing
Taking advice from these key documents and with regular safeguarding training and advice from the government and Local Authority and in consultation with parents/carers, children, staff and governors, we have produced the following local policies and procedures. Copies of these policies are available in the policies section of the school website.
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
Code of Conduct
Statement of Ethical standards
Whistleblowing Policy
We keep our children safe every day in a variety of ways including:
Bi-Annual NSPCC Speak out – Stay Safe Programme for KS 1 and KS 2
Sunshine Sessions – Children with extra needs are referred to this in-house support service
Collective acts of worship
Weekly assemblies
Anti – Bullying Week
Safer Internet Day
School Nursing Team visits
Weekly swimming lessons in Key Stage 2
Safer Cycling Scheme for Year 6
Visits from the Fire Brigade and Local Police
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a police and education early information sharing partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. Information is shared by the police with a school’s trained Key Adult (DSL) prior to the start of the next school day after officers have attended a domestic abuse incident thus enabling appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child.
For more information, please visit the Operation Encompass website, which can be found HERE