Safeguarding and Key Policies
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:
- providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge
- protecting children from maltreatment, whether this is within or outside of the home, including online.
- preventing impairment of children's mental and physical health or development,
- ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
- promoting the upbringing of children with their birth parents, or otherwise their family network through a kinship care arrangement, whenever possible and where this is in the best interests of the children; and
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes
Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm. It relates to aspects of school life including:
- pupils’ health and safety
- the use of reasonable force
- meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions
- providing first aid
- educational visits
- intimate care
- internet or e-safety (please go to this section of our website)
- appropriate arrangements to ensure school security, taking into account the local context.
Designated leads
Designated Lead – Katie Jones
Deputies – Jane Jones / Rebecca Home
Link Governor – Sarah Home
If you have any concerns about a child then you can talk to any of the designated leads above or report them in the following ways:
NSPCC website
Or you can also speak to:
- Shropshire Council's First Point of Contact: 0345 678 9021
- NSPCC: 0800 800 5000
- Childline: 0800 1111
- West Mercia Police: 999 (emergency) 101 (non-emergency)
Please find a link for the Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership: Getting help pages
Information on Sexualised Behaviour/Sexual Harassment and Abuse. The NSPCC also has and advice line to support professionals and parents with anything related to this issue: 0800136663
Parent Anxiety Pack
Please see below (scroll all the way down) for a sample of our school safeguarding policies. If you have any queries about other aspects please do not hesitate to contact us.
For trust-wide policies, including the E-Safety Policy, please click here.
Useful Safeguarding information
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Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a process whereby the police and the council will inform a member of staff if a child or young person has experienced any domestic abuse incident. This will be done prior to the start of the next school day. Information sharing between professional agencies allows school staff to provide emotional and practical support to their pupils experiencing domestic abuse. Please see below for further information:
Child Exploitation
Please click here for information for parents and carers regarding child exploitation in Shropshire.
Family Information Services
Shropshire Family Information Service (FIS) is a free on-line directory featuring local and national organisations and services that exist to support parents, children, young people and families. The directory contains information on groups and drop- ins which can offer advice and support on some of the issues or concerns any family may encounter. It can also help you find activities in your local area for parents, children and young people to take part in where you can learn new skills and make new friends. Please click here for further information of all the services
This 50 minute training video is an introduction to ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Early Trauma, the importance of childhood on the rest of children’s lives and what protective factors and resilience children need to cope.
Useful information Autumn 2024
Sleep tight workshop
Autumn 2024 UYC groups and SEND groups - South
Autumn 2024 UYC groups and SEND groups - Central
Autumn 2024 UYC groups and SEND groups - North
Parenting Help and Support Line
Free Parenting Summer Term Groups and Workshops
The Parenting Team will be delivering free Understanding Your Child and Understanding Your Child SEND groups from April 2024
These 10 week groups aim to:
- Promote understanding of children’s behaviour within the context of developmental issues
- Promote the development of parent/child relationship
- Increase confidence and self-esteem in both parents and children
- Give parents a strategy for repair when things go wrong
- Promote reflective, sensitive and effective parenting
They are also offering a free SLEEP TIGHT workshop from April and June 2024
These 5 week workshops cover:
- Recognising the role of sleep hygiene to improve sleep
- Identifying causes of sleep issues and appropriate practical strategies to try
- Completing sleep diaries and identifying potential sleep issues
Please do not hesitate to contact them directly if you have any questions: parenting.team@shropshire.gov.uk or give us a call on 01743 250950
If you need the poster in a different format, please contact Natasha.Heath@shropshire.gov.uk
