Safeguarding at Mickley First School

At Mickley First School, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We work to two key phrases around safeguarding:

 

  • Safeguarding is Everybody’s Responsibility

  • It can happen here

 

We have many procedures and rules in place to safeguard our school community which are embedded in our everyday practices and through our policies. Staff and Volunteers are carefully checked, these checks include (but are not limited to) DBS checks, references, ID, risk assessments, employment history and children’s barred lists. We maintain a Single Central Record which is monitored closely. Visitors are signed in at the School Office, provided with a red lanyard/visitor badge and escorted by a member of staff at all times. Contractors are provided with policies/safety information and are closely monitored by School staff. Wherever possible work is carried out when there are no children in school. All adults in school wear appropriate ID badges to state who they are and what their role is. 

Below is our safeguarding policy, which we use to help the children in our school stay safe.

Safeguarding Policy 

As a school we also have a child friendly version of our policy and encourage pupils to share any concerns with the understanding that they will be taken seriously. This version has been shared with the children in our school and is visible in every classroom, it is placed alongside photographs of our key Designated Safeguarding Leads in school.

Child Friendly Safeguarding Policy

We are always looking for ways to ensure safeguarding is at the forefront of what we do and have a yearly Safeguarding plan in place that is carefully planned from the latest National updates, contextualised local updates and from our staff training needs. We also carry out an annual safeguarding audit with our Safeguarding Governor. 

If you have any queries or concerns please get in touch with any of the safeguarding lead team below. The team are made up of the Designated Safeguarding Lead, two Deputy DSLs and our Safeguarding governor [email protected] 

Operation Encompass

Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership enabling educational settings to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse.

Operation Encompass ensures that there is a simple telephone call or electronic notification to a school’s trained Designated Safeguarding Lead /Officer (known as Key Adult) prior to the start of the next school day after an incident of police attended domestic abuse where there are children related to either of the adult parties involved.

Information is shared with a school’s Key Adult (Designated Safeguarding Lead or Officer) prior to the start of the next school day after officers have attended a domestic abuse incident. This sharing of information enables appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child.