Broadhempston Village Primary School is committed to safeguarding all members of the school community and our visitors. The school's procedures operate in line with the Devon and Torbay Safeguarding Children Board and Department of Education statutory guidance. The school is committed to cooperating fully with other agencies on matters relating to child protection. If you have any concerns about the welfare of the students please report them immediately to the designated safeguarding lead. Broadhempston Village Primary School Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available on the school website and by request at the school office. This policy operates as part of a wider suite of welfare policies.
The lead safeguarding officers in the school are:
Mrs Jill Ryder - Executive Head - Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs Therese Carwithen - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Ms Karen Barlow - Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Ms Nicky Dunford - CEO
Nanya Coles - Safeguarding Governor for the Totnes Hub
If any member of staff is concerned about a pupil's well-being, emotional or physical, and/or has worries about their safety either from their own or others’ actions (others include adults and young people in and out of school)
The school procedure is as follows:
- Discuss concerns with the School Designated Safeguarding Lead or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (if DSL not on site)
- Concerns must be reported as soon as possible. It is much better to share a concern or worry than to keep it to yourself.
- The School Designated Officer will make a decision as to whether outside agencies should be involved. This will usually be following advice from the Child Protection Threshold Team (CYPS)
- Write down as soon as possible what the pupil has told you, including the time, date, and names of other people involved.
- Confidentiality should never be promised, you have a legal obligation to share any concerns that involve a child being harmed or at risk of harm
- The pupil's welfare is paramount.
- If the concern relates to the conduct of another member of staff this must be reported to the Executive Headteacher.
Contact list for other DSL's within our Trust.
Bearnes - Tracy Hoare 01626 353980
Broadhempston - Jill Ryder 01803 812689
Cheriton Bishop – Peter Halford 01647 24817
Diptford – Holly Edgington 01548 821352
Drakes - Pete Halford 01395 443871
Harbertonford – Anne Burns 01803 732352
Hennock - Sarah Reddington 01626 833233
Ilsington – Sam McCarthy-Patmore 01364 661208
Landscove – Jill Ryder 01803 762656
Morchard Bishop - Sam Butler 01363 877328
Moretonhampstead – Alex Waterman 01647 440482
Otterton - Anne Pelosi 01395 568326
Sparkwell - Francesca McLoughlin 01752 878855
Stoke Gabriel – Alice Eeles 01803 782469
Tedburn St Mary – Andy Keay 01647 61338
Widecombe – Anthony Arnold 01364 621261
Wolborough - Tracy Hoare 01626 202050
Yeoford – Chris Martin 01363 84234
Remember - Never feel worried to share a concern.
It is always better to share a concern and find out later that there was nothing to worry about than not to share a concern and find out later that a child has suffered.
Out of hours helplines/websites:
KOOTH - https://www.kooth.com online help and chat for mental health and wellbeing
Childline - https://www.childline.org.uk or 0800 1111
NSPCC - https://www.nspcc.org.uk or 0808 800 5000
Devon Children and families partnership - https://www.dcfp.org.uk/training-and-resources/multi-agency-safeguarding-hub-in-devon/
With the increased access children have to devices that can connect to the internet, it has never been more important to understand how to be safe when using online content.
Whether children are accessing images, online games, social media platforms or just surfing the web, as part of their homework, they need to remain safe.
At Broadhempston Village Primary School we take E-Safety seriously and wanted to share some useful information with parents/carers and children to help raise awareness of this important subject area.
Some useful websites:
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/ - 'Since 2006, Thinkuknow has been keeping children and young people safe by providing education about sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. Thinkuknow is unique. It is underpinned by the latest intelligence about child sex offending from CEOP Command. Thinkuknow aims to ensure that everyone has access to this practical information – children, young people, their parents and carers and the professionals who work with them. Alongside the Thinkuknow website the programme provides educational resources, including films, cartoons and lesson plans, to help professionals raise young people’s awareness.'
https://www.o2.co.uk/help/nspcc - contains articles and useful information for keeping your children safe online.
Useful resources:
Below is some information booklets to help parents' keep their children safe online. They have been produced by O2 and the NSPCC and Vodafone. They contain some vitally important information when it comes to child safety online.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has been exposed to, or involved in, any domestic incident.
Operation Encompass will ensure that a member of the school staff, known as a Key Adult, is trained to allow them to liaise with the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence, while ensuring that the school is able to make a provision for possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been involved in, or exposed to, a domestic abuse incident.
Please click on the following link for more information http://www.operationencompass.org/