Safeguarding
At Worthington Primary School, the health, safety and well-being of every child is our top priority. We expect all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment to safeguarding our pupils.
We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. All school staff receive regular training and safeguarding updates. Children are made aware of the adults they can talk to if they have any concerns. Staff are trained to look out for signs of physical/emotional harm or neglect and are required to report these to the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL).
The Designated Safeguarding Leads at Worthington Primary School is:
Mrs. S. Jones (Headteacher)
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is:
Mrs. H. Chatterton (Deputy Headteacher)
Mrs. C. Best (Assistant Headteacher) and Mrs A.English (SENDCo) have also received Designated Safeguarding Lead training.
At Worthington Primary School, our Safeguarding team are dedicated to keeping all our children and families safe.
The team comprises of :
- Mrs. S. Jones and Mrs. H. Chatterton - Safeguarding Leads
- Mrs C Best – Deputy Safeguarding Lead
- Mrs. A. English - SENDCO
- Mr. A. Chamberlain - Mental Health Lead and Computing Lead
At Worthington Primary School we believe it is important to make children and young people aware that unacceptable behaviour towards them will not be tolerated. Our PSHE and RSE curriculum supports children to be able to recognise when their safety becomes compromised and to know what they can do about it.
In school, we are proactive at raising pupil awareness of how they can stay safe through organised events such as Anti Bullying week, On-line safety training, NSPCC – Speak out. Stay safe and sharing National Online Safety posters on our school Dojo.
- https://www.traffordsafeguardingpartnership.org.uk/safeguarding-children-and-young-people/Safeguarding-children-and-young-people.aspx
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-keeping-children-safe-from-abuse-and-harm
ENCOMPASS - Early reporting of domestic violence to schools
Worthington Primary School has opted in to Trafford's Operation Encompass. This is a scheme that provides a method of sharing information regarding domestic abuse between Greater Manchester Police, Trafford Council and schools, and enables the Designated Safeguarding Lead within the school to be provided with information, explaining that a child was present in a household at the time than an incident of domestic abuse was recorded as having taken place.
Our school is part of a project, which is run between Trafford Local Authority, schools and Greater Manchester Police. The project, called Operation Encompass, has been designed to provide early reporting of any domestic abuse incidents that occur outside school, which might have an impact on a child in school. This is communicated through a secure email to school following an incident.
The project ensures that at least one member of the school staff, known as the Key Adult, is available to liaise with children's services and the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence.
In this way, we aim to support each child who has been involved in, or witnessed, a domestic abuse incident.
The Key Adults at Worthington Primary School are Mrs S. Jones (Headteacher; Designated Safeguarding Lead) and in her absence Mrs H. Chatterton (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead).
If they receive an Encompass notification they will make sure that a person the child trusts is available to help - if the child needs this. Most of the time this support is silent; keeping a careful eye on him or her and making sure the child has a calm school day. The confidential information is ordinarily not shared with all staff, just an agreement on how to help, if needed.
All schools have a duty to share any information with other organisations if they feel a child is at risk of being hurt. The Key Adult may contact other organisations.
The sharing of information from the police allows the school to be ready to help your child straight away, and it means that parents are aware that the Key Adult knows that something has happened. Parents can come and talk to our Key Adult. The Key Adult can point you towards other people that can help.
Our aim is to support children and their families.
For more information see below: