Rendell Primary School fully recognises the contribution we can make to protect and support children in school. Our aim is to safeguard and promote our children’s welfare, safety and health by fostering an honest, open, caring and supportive climate. The children’s welfare is of paramount importance.
Safeguarding
At Rendell Primary School we will:
- Establish and maintain an ethos where children feel secure and are encouraged to talk, and are listened to;
- Ensure that children know that there are adults in the school to whom they can approach if they are worried or are in difficulty;
- Provide a system for children to request support that doesn’t require them to use their voice (Worry Monster/Worry Box);
- Include in the curriculum activities and opportunities which equip children with the skills they need to stay safe from abuse (including online), and to know to whom they can turn for help;
- Ensure every effort is made to establish effective working relationships with parents and colleagues from other agencies;
- Operate safer recruitment procedures and make sure that all appropriate checks are carried out on new staff and volunteers who will work with children, including identity, right to work, enhanced DBS criminal record and barred list (and overseas where needed), references, and prohibition from teaching or managing in schools.
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.