Safeguarding Children is everyone’s responsibility…
If you are worried or concerned about a child’s safety you can contact the schools DSLs (Designated Safeguarding Leads) on 0116 2692078
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Miss Evans
Designated Safeguarding Deputies: Mrs Holmes, Miss Brown and Miss Kirk
DSLs are trained in dealing with child abuse and safeguarding children.
If you are worried about a child’s safety out of school hours contact:
First Response Children’s Duty Team 0116 305 0005 (24-hour phone line)
Phone 999 if a crime is being committed or if a child is in danger
Contact Leicestershire police on 101 if you think a crime has been committed but there is no immediate danger.
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass
Our school is part of Operation Encompass.
Building upon the national success of Operation Encompass (Police in all 43 forces in England and Wales sharing information with schools about children experiencing domestic abuse) Leicestershire police are expanding the information that they are sharing confidentially with the safeguarding leads in Leicestershire schools.
From the 19th of September 2022 they have began a phased rollout across the Police Force sharing with us incidents that they have attended where they feel there has been an impact upon a child’s physical, emotional or mental well-being.
We are thrilled the force has made this decision as this confidential information will help us to support and care for the children in our care even more effectively.
As part of the Operation Encompass Information Sharing Platform our Police Force will also share with the Designated Safeguarding Lead information about police attended incidents where they feel that there has been a tangible impact upon a child is physical, emotional or mental well-being.
This information is shared so that our school can better understand children’s living experience and can support, nurture and care for them more effectively.
Our DSL has attended a briefing about this information sharing and has disseminated information to the safeguarding governor and to all members of staff.
Prevent Duty
Prevent – Leicestershire County Council
Preventing Radicalisation in School
Building resilience in our young people and the promotion of fundamental British Values is at the heart of preventing radicalisation. We do this by providing a safe place in which children can discuss issues, and we aim to give them the knowledge and confidence to challenge extremist beliefs and ideologies.
Our prevent duty, is carried out under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, which legally requires us to take steps to prevent pupils from being drawn into terrorism. We take this duty seriously and carry out the four main actions responsibly, namely: risk assessment, working in partnership, staff training and IT policies. If we assess a child as at risk, we will refer to the Channel Programme, which focuses on providing support at an early stage to people who are identified as being vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism.
Staff have received prevent training and are regularly familiarised with updates.
Internet safety; we ensure suitable filters are in place to keep children away from extremist materials, in keeping with recommended guidelines.
We recognise that we play a vital role in keeping children safe from harm, including from the risks of extremism and radicalisation, and in promoting the welfare of children in our care.
