Child Protection and Safeguarding
At Hedon Primary School, we recognise that your child is our responsibility and concern.
We want to work in partnership with you, and discuss with you, any concerns we may have or that you may have.
It is a priority to inform and involve you at every stage in your child’s time at the school.
Since the first priority is your child’s welfare, there may be rare occasions when our concern about your child means that we have to consult other agencies even before we contact you.
The ER Safeguarding Children Board has laid down the procedures we follow, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in line with this for the safety of all.
If you want to know more about our procedures or the policy, please speak to the Headteacher, your child’s class teacher or Nicola Trory who is the Governor with responsibility for Child Protection.
Meet our Safeguarding team:
Mrs Barnett
DSL
Mrs Hawkings DDSL
Mr Clark
DDSL
Mrs Laughton
ELSA
Mrs Trory
Safeguarding Governor
Mrs Henery
ELSA
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.
Children experiencing domestic abuse are negatively impacted by this exposure; domestic abuse has been identified as an Adverse Childhood Experience and can lead to emotional, physical and psychological harm. Operation Encompass aims to mitigate this harm by enabling immediate support, making a child’s day better and giving them a better tomorrow.
Operation Encompass believes that children are victims of domestic abuse in their own right and should be acknowledged as such.
Further information
Below are a number of contact details and links for your information:
Safeguarding and Partnership Hub
During office hours (Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-4.30pm), you can contact the Safeguarding and Partnership Hub on:
Outside of office hours, please contact the emergency duty team:
Family Information Services Hub (FISH)
Free, impartial service for children, young people, parents/carers & the people who support them.
National Contact Information
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