Safeguarding at Central
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Wath Central Primary School and the James Montgomery Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare, both physical and emotional, of every pupil both inside and outside of the school premises.
We strive to provide an environment where everyone feels safe, is respected and valued. It is the responsibility of all adults to safeguard our pupils, ensuring that they receive the right help at the right time. ​​
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​Worried About a Rotherham Child?
If you have safeguarding concerns or are worried about a Rotherham Child, please where possible complete the online referral form. This will be screened by Social Care. Referrals can be made by the public anonymously. Please type in on Google:- Worried About a Rotherham Child
Key Safeguarding Contact Details
Rotherham Children’s Social Care (MASH) – T: 01709 336080
Childline – T: 0800 1111
NSPCC (Report Abuse Dedicated Helpline) – T: 0800 0280285 8am-8pm Mon-Fri
How do we keep our children safe?
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Teach pupils on how to keep safe and to recognise behaviour that is unacceptable.
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Encourage children to tell us if something is wrong
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Train all our staff how to recognise and respond to child welfare and safeguarding concerns and know to refer concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
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Always have a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead available as a point of contact to respond to any concerns and be vigilant and pro-active on site. The DSLs lead a wider team of Safeguarding and Child Protection Team
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Identify and make provision for any pupil that has been subject to abuse, ensuring the child’s wishes have been taken into account during the process.
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Work in partnership with parents and carers, the Academy Trust and the local authority to safeguard our children
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Share information with appropriate agencies
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Create a culture of safer recruitment by adopting procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might pose a risk to children.
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Identify local safeguarding issues which may impact pupils and the school community and make appropriate provision to ensure that these local factors do not pose a threat to children’s safety and welfare
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Adhere to health and safety regulations
Operation Encompass
Domestic abuse is a crime and occurs across all of society, it can happen to anyone. It can include physical violence, sexual assault and rape, verbal abuse, humiliation, not allowing people to see family and friends, threats to take away children, stalking, and denial of medical care and threat of deportation.
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We want parents to be aware that we are a school that participates in operation encompass.
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Operation Encompass is a partnership between South Yorkshire Police and Education, has been designed to provide support for any child in school who may be affected by a domestic abuse incident where the police have attended.
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A key safeguarding member of staff in school will be informed when a domestic abuse incident has been recorded within the previous 24 hours or over the weekend. This will enable school to monitor children possibly affected and, where required, support if necessary. This will remain confidential; no information about specific incidents is shared with school. The school will, however, be able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children who have been involved in, affected by, or witnessed a domestic abuse incident. More information can be found here: https://www.operationencompass.org/
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Keeping Children Safe in Education
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Please find below a copy of the Department of Education's key document 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'.
Educate Against Hate
Click below to go to a Government website announced by the Secretary of State featuring resources for schools and parents to access which may be useful on preventing radicalisation, extremism and hate.
Other useful links and Documents:
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