Safeguarding

Keeping children safe is everyone’s business.

At West View Primary School, we regard the safeguarding of children, staff and visitors as our main priority. We believe that we all have the right to be happy, to be safe and to learn. We all have the responsibility to make sure that this happens at our school.

We work with Clennell Education Solutions as our Safeguarding Providers.

Safeguarding | Clennell Education Solutions | Newcastle upon Tyne

We ensure that:

• The welfare of children remains paramount
• All children, whatever their age, gender, culture, language, ethnicity, disability or religious belief, have the right to be protected from harm
• All disclosures, suspicions or allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately
• All staff and volunteers at our school know how to report concerns to a member of our Safeguarding Team in school
• Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is: Miss L. Furness
• Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads in school are: Ms M. Clarke, Mrs N. Boagey and Miss K. Tailford
• Our safeguarding Local Academy Committee Member is Mr D. Wise
• All staff and volunteers in school undertake regular training on safeguarding matters to ensure that systems and procedures for reporting concerns are known and understood

Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy

All staff have an up-to-date understanding of issues relating to the safeguarding of children and young people and are able to implement the policies and procedures appropriately. Our safeguarding policies are based on the statutory government guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together to Safeguard Children. Staff are able to respond to changes in a child’s behaviour, deterioration in a child’s wellbeing, unexplained injuries or signs of neglect or comments that a child makes that cause concern. All staff are aware of the need to maintain confidentiality at all times.

All safeguarding policies are reviewed annually.

Anti Bullying Policy
Anti-Bullying Child Friendly Policy
Child Friendly Safeguarding Policy
Children Missing Education Policy
Looked After Children Policy
PREVENT
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy 2024
Young Carers Policy

Keeping children safe in education 2024 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

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, visit:  Operation Encompass

If you have concerns that a child or young person is being abused or neglected, or that they may be at risk of harm, please contact:

Hartlepool Children’s Social Care
01429 284284

If you are concerned that a child or young person is at immediate risk of harm, you should contact the Police on 999.

Each year, we share information regarding the Operation Encompass scheme with our families. Please click the link to open the information letter.

CPOMS

As a school, we use CPOMS as our platform to record safeguarding concerns so that we have a clear picture of all concerns. This includes those pupils who have transferred to a new school and are ‘archived’ on the system. Our Safeguarding Team have full access to the system so that they can access information in relation to every child.

Safer Recruitment

We follow strict procedures to ensure that everyone who works with our children is correctly vetted, keeping our children as safe as possible. Each member of our Senior Leadership Team and our Office Manager have undertaken Safer Recruitment training.