Keeping Children Safe
at Golcar JI&N School
Golcar JI&N is committed to safeguarding and promoting the mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing of all children. As part of our expectations all staff members, including temporary staff, volunteers and governors, share this obligation and therefore have a full and active role in protecting our pupils from harm and ensuring their welfare is our paramount concern.
We have numerous policies and procedures in place which ensure we are following safeguarding policy and practice. Some of these policies include: Behaviour, Data Protection, Keeping Children Safe in Education and the Safeguarding Policy. These are available to view on the policies page of our school website.
We are committed to making sure that our school is a safe and happy place to be.
Pupils are regularly reminded how to keep themselves safe, this maybe during lessons, assembly time or through visitors to school.
Everybody in school takes health and safety very seriously. If you see anything that could be improved please mention it to a member of staff.
All children in school are regularly reminded about who they can talk to if they feel worried, sad or upset. This includes designated members of staff who are responsible for safeguarding children.
Our designated safeguarding leads are:
Samantha Gallant
William Metcalfe
Claire Broadbent
What do DSLs do?
• Respond to any safeguarding concerns
• Liaise with social care and other agencies
• Talk to parents about concerns raised where appropriate
• Update safeguarding records
• Lead and coordinate whole school training and updates
• Meet regularly with the safeguarding team and teachers to communicate relevant information
• Meet the safeguarding Governor and report to Governors
• Attend local DSL networks and training
What to do if you are worried about a child
If you have any safeguarding concerns or are worried about the safety and welfare of a child please speak to one of our Safeguarding Leads without delay.Â
Parents and other members of the school community can also contact the Kirklees Children’s Services Duty and Advice Team on 01484 456848 or email DutyandAdvice@kirklees.gcsx.gov.uk
More information about safeguarding children in Kirklees can be found on the following website https://www.kirkleessafeguardingchildren.co.uk/
Should you have a concern about the safety or welfare of a child during the school holidays, please refer to Kirklees Duty and Advice Team (see above) or email office@golcarjin.com.
Prevent
Golcar JI&N School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils. As a school we recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation and terrorism is no different from safeguarding against any other vulnerability.Â
School uses the Kirklees PREVENT Strategy. The aim of PREVENT is to safeguard and support young people and adults who may be vulnerable to radicilsation, to stop them from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
For more information on the Kirklees PREVENT Strategy please click here
Online Safety
Online Safety is an important part of keeping children safe. We have extensive security measures in place in school, which are monitored both internally and externally, to help safeguard pupils from potential dangers or unsuitable material. Any Online Safety incidents are recorded and managed in accordance with our policy. Online Safety is taught to all pupils explaining and demonstrating how to stay safe and behave appropriately online. All pupils at our school agree to following the rules that are set out within our Acceptable use policy.
We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with parents to ensure the Online Safety message is consistent. It is important that parents speak to their children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online.
You can find out more at the following websites:
Parents and Carers – UK Safer Internet Centre
Keeping children safe online | NSPCC
Internet safety advice for parents | Oxford Health CAMHS
Keep Children Safe Online: Information, advice, support – Internet Matters
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Tips for safe use of the computer/devices at home:
- Make sure you know which internet sites your child is using.
- Children in primary school should not have a computer/device in their bedroom.
- If your child uses social networking sites e.g Whatsapp/Messenger, make sure you know who they are in contact with.
- Please remember many apps and sites have a minimum age limit which is older than primary age.
Operation Encompass Safeguarding Statement
Our school is part of Operation Encompass. This is a police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Abuse.
Operation Encompass means that the Education Safeguarding Service will share information about Domestic Abuse incidents with our school PRIOR to the start of the next school day when the police have been called to a domestic incident.
Once a DSL has attended at an Operation Encompass briefing, they will cascade the principles of Operation Encompass to all DSLs.
Our parents are fully aware that we are an Operation Encompass school.
The Operation Encompass information is stored in line with all other confidential safeguarding and child protection information.
Our DSLs have also led training for all school staff and Governors about Operation Encompass, the prevalence of Domestic Abuse and the impact of this abuse on children. We have also discussed how we can support our children following the Operation Encompass notification.
We are aware that we must do nothing that puts the child/ren or the non-abusing adult at risk.
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The Safeguarding Governor will report on Operation Encompass in the termly report to Governors. All information is anonymised for these reports.
Safeguarding and our Curriculum
We ensure that children are taught about safeguarding and how it keeps them safe. The school’s curriculum includes opportunities to explicitly teach the children about safeguarding. Â
