Safeguarding at Throckley Primary School

Keeping Children Safe in Education

At Throckley Primary School, we are committed to keeping our children happy, healthy and safe. All staff and Governors are regularly trained and are aware of how to keep our pupils safe and what signs to look out for.  Our pupils are encouraged to share any concerns and we have robust policies and processes in place that underpin safeguarding.

Our Safeguarding Team

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads are our Co-Head Teachers:

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Mrs Julia Brown                                                                                                      

Telephone: 0191 267 5311

Email: Julia.brown@throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk

Mrs Lynsey Giblin                                                                                                      

Telephone: 0191 267 5311

Email: Lynsey.giblin@throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk

Deputy Designated Leads:

Mrs Lynne Cunningham (School Welfare Officer).

Telephone:  0191 267 5311

Email:  Lynne.Cunningham@throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk

Miss Ellie Dockey (Assistant Head Teacher)

Telephone:  0191 267 5311

Email:  Eleanor.dockey@throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk

Miss Katherine Thorpe (Assistant Head Teacher)

Telephone:  0191 267 5311

Email:  Katherine.thorpe@throckleyprim.newcastle.sch.uk

Safeguarding for Parents & Carers

Our school recognises our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils.  We will provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued.  We will be alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and will follow our procedures to ensure that the children receive effective support, protection and justice. We are proud of our highly effective safeguarding culture. 

We safeguard children by…

• creating safe environments for children and young people through robust safeguarding practices

• ensuring that adults who work in the school, including volunteers, don't pose a risk to children

• making sure staff are trained, know how to respond to concerns and keep-up-to-date with policy and practice

• teaching children and young people about staying safe

• maintaining a strong and effective safeguarding culture where children feel confident to approach any member of staff if they have a worry/problem

How our curriculum supports safeguarding

We offer a secure and encouraging environment where children feel safe and their spiritual, moral and cultural development is enhanced through the delivery of our whole school curriculum, including our Religious Education and PSHE curriculum, core values, work with external agencies, charities and the local community.  Our school ethos ensures that pupils feel comfortable approaching staff if they have any concerns.  Staff always follow up any concerns expressed by a child.

Recruitment

We carefully check that all staff and volunteers are safe to work with our children. A number of checks are made including DBS checks, references, ID and employment history.  We keep a Single Central Record of all this information and this is regularly monitored.

 Visitors and volunteers are rigorously checked in much the same way as staff, before they can work with our pupils.  Any visitors on site must read the Safeguarding Information Leaflet before being signed into the building.  All adults in school wear an ID badge, which determines the level of access they have to our building and our pupils.

Visitors and Volunteers are carefully screened to ensure that we are satisfied that they are suitable to work with our pupils.

Child Protection

In cases where the school has reason to be concerned that a child may be subject to ill- treatment, neglect or other forms of abuse, the Designated Safeguarding Lead may report this concern to Children’s Services and/or other appropriate agencies.

Please remember that when the school refers a concern about a child to Children’s Services, it is not accusing the parents or carers of abuse but requesting that further investigation takes place to establish whether a child is at risk.

The School has a Designated Safeguarding Governor: Mrs Thelma Lewis

IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OR WELFARE OF YOUR CHILD, OR A CHILD YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD ACT WITHOUT DELAY.

YOU CAN ASK FOR ADVICE OR REPORT YOUR CONCERN TO:

Children's Social Care Initial Response                     Police                                         Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)  

0191 2772500                                                                101 or 999 (in an emergency)     0191 2774636

Children's Social Care Out-of-hours Duty Team       NSPCC Child Protection Helpline

0191 2328520                                                                0808 800 5000

Please follow this link to find our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy:

Operation Encompass

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

Operation Encompass ensures that there is a simple telephone call or notification to a school’s trained Designated Safeguarding Lead 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 Designated Safeguarding Lead 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.