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Concerned about a child?

Mrs Emma McLean

Deputy Designated Safeguard Lead

Anything that makes you feel uncomfortable is worth sharing

The welfare and safety of children is paramount. If you have concerns about a child’s welfare or safety please tell someone.


If a child is in immediate danger, left alone or missing, you should contact the police directly and/or an ambulance using 999.

Mrs Steph Bruce

Mrs Steph Bruce

Deputy Designated Safeguard Lead

Mrs Lowri Thorpe

Deputy Designated Safeguard Lead

Other Contacts:

Children’s Services – Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)

0300 126 7000

 

NSPCC

www.nspcc.org.uk

0808 800 5000

 

Childline

www.childline.org.uk

0800 1111

 

Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP)

www.ceop.police.uk

0870 000 3344

 

24-hour National Domestic Violence Freephone Helpline

0808 2000 247

Miss Jo Miller

Miss Jo Miller

Deputy Designated Safeguard Lead

Safeguarding is our main priority

Child Protection

Site Security and Health & Safety

Site Security and Health & Safety

We have a team of four Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) who meet bi-weekly: 


Emma McLean 

Steph Bruce 

Joanna Miller

Lowri Thorpe


All DSLs have up to date training. 


All staff have annual training, as well as six updates through the year. 


All volunteers are briefed on what to do if a child discloses any kind of abuse. 


We have an action plan.

 

We report to the Governing Body regularly on the overall CP picture (NB: not individual cases). 


We believe that the child's voice is crucial. 


We have an open mind - it could happen here.


Site Security and Health & Safety

Site Security and Health & Safety

Site Security and Health & Safety

Security 

We have a lock down policy. 

We have a full perimeter fence. 

Gates are locked during the school day. 


Visitors 

All visitors report to the 'air-lock' in the main Reception. 

All visitors must wear a lanyard - which has our safeguarding and health & safety procedures on. the reverse 

All visitors must sign in on the iPad. 

All visitors will be logged on our Single Central Record (SCR). 

ID will be asked for. 

Any volunteers will receive a DBS check. 

The use of mobile phones in front of children is prohibited. 

Parents attending events during the day should sign in in the folder. 


Drop-off

The bell rings at 8:45am, when the children line up. Parents are responsible until this time. 


If you're planning to take your child out of school for an appointment or holiday, please notify us via the website. 


If your children is not in school due to illness, please notify us via the website, ParentMail, phone or email, each day of absence. If we haven't heard from you by 9am, we will call, each day of absence. The first hour of a missing child is crucial. 


Ensure we have three people to call in case we can't get hold of you. 


Pick-up 

Children in Years Reception - Year 3 must be matched to a known adult at the end of the day. The Year 4 teacher goes out with the children. Year 5 and 6 are more independent. 

Parents must let us know if their child is being collected by someone else. 

Parents must inform us of their child's bus routine weekly. 


Health & Safety

Regular site safety checks and measures are carried out; such as: fire drills; extinguisher tests; and checks for obstructions and obstacles. 

We have an asbestos log. 

We are no smoking site, including vaping. 


No dogs allowed, unless by prior agreement (and in designated areas) with the Head Teacher - with insurance and vaccination documentation shared. 

Report an absence

Behaviour

Site Security and Health & Safety

Behaviour

We believe that a child's behaviour is their way of communicating with us. 


We understand that children act out situations that they have seen or heard: this includes bullying. 


We recognise that children need to be listened to and taken seriously. 


We use the principles of nurture and natural consequence in order to instil security, boundaries, trust and love. 


We do not want children to conform due to fear; but to make good choices out of respect and love. 


We know that early intervention can change the course of a child's life. 


Everything we do is done with love. 

Curriculum

Online Safety and Social Media

Online Safety and Social Media

Protective Behaviours 

A huge part of our Personal, Social, Health Education and Relationships and Sex Education is focussed around self-awareness and protective behaviours. 


At the beginning of every year, the children identify the five people whom they can approach if they feel unsafe. 


We teach them the anatomically correct vocabulary to 

Protective Behaviours 

A huge part of our Personal, Social, Health Education and Relationships and Sex Education is focussed around self-awareness and protective behaviours. 


At the beginning of every year, the children identify the five people whom they can approach if they feel unsafe. 


We teach them the anatomically correct vocabulary to describe their bodies (to safeguard them against anyone disguising abuse through using alternative terminology), appropriate to their age and stage; we focus on 'if it doesn't feel right, it isn't right' and 'no grown up should ever ask you  to keep a secret'. 


Bullying 

We also tackle bullying up front. The children learn about what bullying is (Several Times On Purpose - STOP) and the root cause behind bullying behaviour. Bullying is not tolerated and dealt with swiftly - by unpicking the reason why the child bullying is doing it. We then work with both children to rebuild their relationship and their own self-esteem. 

RSE and PSHE information for Parents

Online Safety and Social Media

Online Safety and Social Media

Online Safety and Social Media

Online Safety 

A significant part of our Computing curriculum is online safety. 


We aim to teach the children online resilience and empower them to seek help if things go wrong online. 


We share key messages with parents through our Weekly Update, our website and through annual training provided by Simon Aston from the Local Authority. 


Socia

Online Safety 

A significant part of our Computing curriculum is online safety. 


We aim to teach the children online resilience and empower them to seek help if things go wrong online. 


We share key messages with parents through our Weekly Update, our website and through annual training provided by Simon Aston from the Local Authority. 


Social Media 

Each year, we seek parental permissions for a whole host of things to keep your children safe and well. 

One of these is whether we can use digital images of your children on our social media. 


We ask that parents respect the wishes of their peers when taking photographs or filming their own children. Please keep these for your own memories - but do not share them on your own social media if they include other children. 


We would also advise that you avoid publishing photos with the school logo (for example on uniform) or recognisable landmarks near your home.  


Online safety - Top tips for parents

Recruitment

Online Safety and Social Media

Recruitment

Members of Staff 

All applicants must supply two referees: including present or most recent employer. This person will be emailed and telephoned

References will be sought before interview, as part of the selection process. 


Successful applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS checks. 


Successful applicants must provide evidence of their righ

Members of Staff 

All applicants must supply two referees: including present or most recent employer. This person will be emailed and telephoned

References will be sought before interview, as part of the selection process. 


Successful applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS checks. 


Successful applicants must provide evidence of their right to live and work in the UK. 


All applicants will have to declare any personal convictions. 



Volunteers 

All volunteers undergo a DBS check before working in school and have a safeguarding briefing; including receiving a Safeguarding leaflet (see below). 



Pattishall CE Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.. 



Safer Recruitment and other Policies

We are all in this together...

Sometimes just a 'feeling' can lead to saving a child from harm

Safeguarding children is the most important role we have as the trusted adults in their lives. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. This extends to us as parents - as we are often put in the position of loco parentis when supervising other people's children on playdates or at parties.

 
If a child in your care shows signs of, or discloses to you, any physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect; or even if something just doesn't feel right, please do not hesitate:


  • reassure the child and explain that you cannot keep secrets
  • reassure them that you will get help from people who know what to do 
  • send an email to dsl@pattishallschool.co.uk so that we (DSL Team: Mrs McLean, Miss Bruce, Mrs Thorpe and Miss Miller) can help that child; you will remain anonymous.  
  • if it is during the holidays or a weekend, you can also make a referral via MASH 0300 126 7000
  • If you think that a child is in immediate danger, call 999


You can never do too much to safeguard a child. But you can do too little. 


Signs of Abuse - what to look out for

Emotional Abuse

Emotional Abuse

Emotional Abuse

 The persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to cause severe and adverse effects on the child’s emotional development. It may involve  conveying to a child that they are worthless or unloved, inadequate, or valued only  insofar as they meet the needs of another person. It may include not giving the child opportunities to express their views, deliberately silencing them or ‘making fun’ of what  they say or how they communicate. It may feature age or developmentally inappropriate  expectations being imposed on children. These may include interactions that are beyond a child’s developmental capability as well as overprotection and limitation of  exploration and learning or preventing the child from participating in normal social  interaction 


Look out for either introverted or VERY confident behaviour when around adults. Also clinginess and anxiety. 


It could happen here. 

Physical Abuse

Emotional Abuse

Emotional Abuse

  A form of abuse which may involve hitting, shaking, throwing,  poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating or otherwise causing physical  harm to a child. Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer fabricates  the symptoms of, or deliberately induces, illness in a child. 


Look out for unusual bruises in odd locations or demarking fingertips, burns and changes in behaviour and anxiety. 


It could happen here. 

Sexual abuse

Emotional Abuse

Sexual abuse

  Involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to take part in  sexual activities, not necessarily involving violence, whether or not the child is aware of  what is happening. The activities may involve physical contact, including assault by  penetration (for example rape or oral sex) or non-penetrative acts such as masturbation,  kissing, rubbing, and touching outside of clothing. They may also include non-contact  activities, such as involving children in looking at, or in the production of, sexual images,  watching sexual activities, encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate  ways, or grooming a child in preparation for abuse. 


Look out for changes in behaviour, difficulty sitting, difficulty going to the loo. Inappropriate sexualised knowledge. Acting out. 


It could happen here. 

Neglect

Child Criminal Exploitation

Sexual abuse

  The persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or  psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or  development. Neglect may occur during pregnancy, for example, as a result of maternal  substance abuse. Once a child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to:  provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or  abandonment); protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger; ensure  adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate care-givers); or ensure access to  appropriate medical care or treatment. It may also include neglect of, or  unresponsiveness to, a child’s basic emotional needs. 


Look out for 'old dirt', changes in behaviour, eating hungrily, stealing, clinginess, anxiety. 


It could happen here. 

Child Sexual Exploitation

Child Criminal Exploitation

Child Criminal Exploitation

 CSE is a form of child sexual abuse. Sexual abuse may involve physical contact,  including assault by penetration (for example, rape or oral sex) or nonpenetrative acts  such as masturbation, kissing, rubbing, and touching outside clothing. It may include  non-contact activities, such as involving children in the production of sexual images,  forcing children to look at sexual images or watch sexual activities, encouraging children  to behave in sexually inappropriate ways or grooming a child in preparation for abuse  including via the internet. 


 Look out for changes in behaviour, difficulty sitting, difficulty going to the loo. Inappropriate sexualised knowledge. Acting out.  


It could happen here. 

Child Criminal Exploitation

Child Criminal Exploitation

Child Criminal Exploitation

 Some specific forms of CCE can include children being forced or manipulated  into transporting drugs or money through county lines, working in cannabis factories,  shoplifting or pickpocketing. They can also be forced or manipulated into committing vehicle crime or threatening/committing serious violence to others. 


Look out for changes in behaviour, new clothes, gifts, talk of new friends, staying out late, tiredness, anxiety. 


It could happen here. 


Towcester and Silverstone have known County Line gangs operating. See the guide below. 

Mental health

Serious violent Crime

Peer on Peer Abuse

 All should be aware that mental health problems can, in some cases, be an  indicator that a child has suffered or is at risk of suffering abuse, neglect or exploitation.  Only appropriately trained professionals should attempt to make a diagnosis of a  mental health problem. Education staff, however, are well placed to observe children  day-to-day and identify those whose behaviour suggests that they may be experiencing  a mental health problem or be at risk of developing one. Where children have suffered abuse and neglect, or other potentially traumatic  adverse childhood experiences, this can have a lasting impact throughout childhood,  adolescence and into adulthood. It is key that staff are aware of how these children’s  experiences, can impact on their mental health, behaviour, and education. 


It could happen here. 

Peer on Peer Abuse

Serious violent Crime

Peer on Peer Abuse

 Peer on peer abuse is most likely to include, but may not be limited to: 

• bullying (including cyberbullying, prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying); 

 • abuse in intimate personal relationships between peers; 

 • physical abuse such as hitting, kicking, shaking, biting, hair pulling, or otherwise  causing physical harm (this may include an online element which facilitates,  threatens and/or encourages physical abuse); 

• sexual violence, such as rape, assault by penetration and sexual assault; (this  may include an online element which facilitates, threatens and/or encourages  sexual violence);

 • sexual harassment, such as sexual comments, remarks, jokes and online sexual  harassment, which may be standalone or part of a broader pattern of abuse 

• causing someone to engage in sexual activity without consent, such as forcing  someone to strip, touch themselves sexually, or to engage in sexual activity with a  third party;  

• consensual and non-consensual sharing of nude and semi-nude images and/or  videos13 (also known as sexting or youth produced sexual imagery); 

• upskirting, which typically involves taking a picture under a person’s clothing  without their permission, with the intention of viewing their genitals or buttocks to  obtain sexual gratification, or cause the victim humiliation, distress or alarm; and 

• initiation/hazing type violence and rituals (this could include activities involving  harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group  and may also include an online element). 


It could happen here. 

Serious violent Crime

Serious violent Crime

Serious violent Crime

 . All should be aware of the indicators, which may signal children are at risk  from, or are involved with serious violent crime. These may include increased absence  from school, a change in friendships or relationships with older individuals or groups, a  significant decline in performance, signs of self-harm or a significant change in  wellbeing, or signs of assault or unexplained injuries. Unexplained gifts or new  possessions could also indicate that children have been approached by, or are involved  with, individuals associated with criminal networks or gangs and may be at risk of  criminal exploitation 


 Look out for changes in behaviour, new clothes, gifts, talk of new friends, staying out late, tiredness, anxiety.  


It could happen here. 

FGM

FGM

Serious violent Crime

 Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed, but there's no medical reason for this to be done.

It's also known as female circumcision or cutting, and by other terms, such as sunna, gudniin, halalays, tahur, megrez and khitan, among others.

FGM is usually carried out on young girls between infancy and the age of 15, most commonly before puberty starts.

It's illegal in the UK and is child abuse.

It's very painful and can seriously harm the health of women and girls.

It can also cause long-term problems with sex, childbirth and mental health.


Look out for girls going away for the Summer and odd stories about why the girls are going away - to see relatives / work. The girls make talk about a special ceremony or party. Also look out for difficulty going to the loo, wincing or difficulty sitting once the act has taken place. 


If a child discloses FGM, you MUST call 999 before informing school. 


If you suspect FGM, contact the DSL Team and make a MASH referral. 


It could happen here. 

Guides on Local Safeguarding Issues: PLEASE READ

Fabricated-Induced-Illness (pdf)

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Gangs-County-Lines (pdf)

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Mental-Health-and-the-Internet (pdf)

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Obesity (pdf)

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Professionals-Guide-to-Social-Media (pdf)

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Sexting (pdf)

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Child Protection and Safeguarding Documents

Site Information for Visitors (pdf)

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Online Safety Policy (pdf)

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SAFEGUARDING AND CHILD PROTECTION POLICY 2023 (pdf)

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KCSIE Part One 2023 (pdf)

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First Aiders

Mrs Emma McLean

Miss Janine Dalton

Miss Janine Dalton

 HSE Compliant First Aid at Work  

Paediatric First Aid 



Miss Janine Dalton

Miss Janine Dalton

Miss Janine Dalton

   Paediatric First Aid   


Miss Jo Miller

Miss Janine Dalton

Miss Steph Bruce

 Paediatric First Aid    



Miss Steph Bruce

Mrs Suzanne MacDougall

Miss Steph Bruce

    Paediatric First Aid    



Mrs Suzanne MacDougall

Mrs Suzanne MacDougall

Mrs Suzanne MacDougall

Paediatric First Aid 

Mrs Lowri Thorpe

Mrs Suzanne MacDougall

Mrs Suzanne MacDougall

Paediatric First Aid

Mrs Claire Mills

Mrs Claire Mills

Mrs Claire Mills

 HSE Compliant First Aid at Work

 Paediatric First Aid  



Mrs Chrissy Gomes

Mrs Claire Mills

Mrs Claire Mills

  Paediatric First Aid   



Mrs Danni Owen

Mrs Claire Mills

Mrs Danni Owen

Paediatric First Aid

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