Safeguarding and online safety
Safeguarding is the responsibility of all adults and especially those working or volunteering with children.
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Safeguarding is the responsibility of all adults and especially those working or volunteering with children.
Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means:
Protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of children’s health or development, ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Child Protection: is part of safeguarding and promoting student welfare. It involves measures and structures designed to prevent and respond to significant harm, abuse, exploitation and neglect.
Safeguarding includes: Child Protection, Health Care Plans, Health and Safety, Site Security, Safety on school trips and visits, Safer recruitment – School Central Record & DBS checks, online safety and associated issues, anti-bullying work, children’s & learner’s health, mental health and emotional well-being and so much more.
While such difficulties cannot always be avoided, the school is committed to mitigating the effects on all children, young people and adults concerned. To achieve this objective the school has systems to:
Prevent unsuitable people working with children and young people, through safe recruitment practices;
Promote safe practice and challenge poor and unsafe practice, through its ethos, policies, practice and training;
Identify instances in which there are grounds for concern and take appropriate action, using appropriate policies, procedures and systems;
Contribute to effective partnership working between all those involved in providing services for children and young people.
The school shares, with everyone in Education, an objective to help keep children and young people safe by contributing to:
* Providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn
* Identifying children and young people who are suffering or likely to suffer harm and taking appropriate action with the aim of making them safe
The school recognises that staff are uniquely placed to have a positive role in child protection. As responsible adults outside pupils’ homes, they are in a position to observe children on a daily basis and therefore to spot physical or emotional signs that might indicate they are being abused. Close interaction can also make staff vulnerable to allegations being made against them.
Such allegations may be unfounded and be either deliberate or innocent of such intent. Regrettably, on occasions, staff do commit acts of abuse or ill-treatment. However, whatever the basis of an allegation, once made there can follow a period of great difficulty and stress for the young person concerned, the staff member and for those ‘managing’ the situation, including Headteachers, senior staff and Lift Schools.
Prevent statement
At Lift Anglesey, we aim to prepare our students to become good citizens of the future. Through our curriculum we teach pupils British Values and how to celebrate diversity. We aim to raise their awareness of radicalisation and extremist views, whatever the source. We have adopted the principles and advice found in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023’ and the ‘Prevent Strategy’.
Operation Encompass
Lift Anglesey is proud to be an Operation Encompass school.
Operation Encompass is a national scheme that directly connects the police with schools to ensure that schools receive timely notification if a child has experienced a domestic abuse incident. This allows us to provide immediate support and understanding to any child who may have been affected.
The aim of Operation Encompass is to help children feel safe and supported. Receiving this information promptly means that our designated safeguarding leads can be aware of a potentially distressing event in a child's life. This allows us to offer the appropriate support within the school environment, whether that be a listening ear, a quiet space, or simply understanding if a child is having an "off" day.
Please be assured that all information shared through Operation Encompass is treated with the strictest confidence and is used solely to support your child's emotional and well-being.
If you would like to learn more about Operation Encompass, please follow the link below.
https://www.operationencompass.org/
Out of Hours
During weekends and school holidays, if you have a Safeguarding concern about a child or young person please use the contact information below.
Staffordshire children’s advice and support service: 0300 111 8007
Emergency Out of Hours (Evenings and Weekends) 0345 604 2886
Police:
Non-Emergency- 101
Emergency- 999
We have a suite of policies relevant to safeguarding. Here is a link to our statutory information including safeguarding and online safety policies.
All staff have been trained on how to report safeguarding and technical concerns, such as if:
NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children): nspcc.org.uk
Childline: childline.org.uk Contact: 0800 1111
E Safety Document Suite: Click Here
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Lift Anglesey,
Clarence Street,
Burton Upon Trent
Staffordshire,
DE14 3LG
