Safeguarding
What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding is about keeping children safe by protecting them from harm, supporting their development and making sure they grow up in a safe environment and in order to do this we have strong safeguarding procedures in place.
These include:
Working together with other agencies to ensure adequate arrangements within our school to identify, assess, and support those children who are suffering harm.
Safeguarding procedures are in place which follow the recommended procedures by North Yorkshire County Council and use CPOMS to record concerns and disclosures.
We have clear guidance for staff and volunteers on how to behave and work with children and young adults.
Staff are highly vigilant and report any concerns they have about a child's well-being swiftly.
Safer recruitment practices when appointing new staff and volunteers.
Regular training for our staff and governors to ensure the welfare and safety of our children.
An ethos where concerns are discussed with parents, and children know that they can talk about their worries to an adult they trust.
Safe computer access, with secure filtering and training for children and staff in e-safety. We also provide guidance to parents on e-safety.
Our Designated Safeguarding Team is:
Mrs Davinia Pearson
Designated Safeguarding Lead
(Headtecher)
Mrs Karen Renton
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
(EYFS & KS1 Teacher)
Mrs Debbie Rawlinson
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
(Upper KS2 Teacher)
Mr Mark Cappleman
Our Nominated Safeguarding Governor
Safeguarding Information
At Linton-on-Ouse Primary School and Nursery, we are committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment for all our pupils. We have a duty of care for our children and believe that every pupil has the right to feel safe and protected. All staff at Linton-On-Ouse Primary School take this duty of care very seriously.
At Linton-On-Ouse Primary School and Nursery, our Child Protection Policy and procedures are reviewed at least annually. The policies and procedures in place are created and maintained to be alert for possible signs of abuse; ensuring staff are appropriately trained and, where appropriate, share information and work in partnership with other agencies, in order to keep our children safe.
Safeguarding Policies:
A full list of our polices can be found here: School Polices
85943-Framework-for-Decision-Making.pdfSafeguarding Procedures
Report your concerns
Should you have any concerns, no matter how small, please contact a member of our safeguarding team as soon as possible.
Mrs Pearson: Headteacher@linton.n-yorks.sch.uk (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Mrs Rawlinson: d.rawlinson@linton.n-yorks.sch.uk (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Mrs Renton: k.renton@linton.n-yorks.sch.uk (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
You can also follow the link below that will take you to:
Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023)
If you believe a child is in immediate danger, please call 999
Should you have any concerns outside of school hours, then you should report them to the North Yorkshire Multi Agency Safeguarding Screening Team, please call 0300 131 2131. Should you need additional information about making a referral to the North Yorkshire Multi Agency Team please access their website by clicking here.
You can also visit the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership website for more advice and information: NYSCP (safeguardingchildren.co.uk).
Or call NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.
For pupils, the NSPCC Childline number is 0800 1111.
Prevent Duty
As part of Linton-On-Ouse Primary School and Nursery’s ongoing safeguarding and child protection duties, we are fully behind the government’s Prevent Strategy. From 1 July 2015 all schools are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, in the exercise of their functions, to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”. This duty is known as the Prevent Duty for Schools.
As part of the curriculum here at Linton-On-Ouse Primary School and Nursery, we build pupils’ understanding and resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values and enabling our pupils to challenge extremist views.
The statutory guidance refers to the importance of Prevent Awareness Training to equip staff to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and to challenge extremist ideas. As part of our compulsory staff training we constantly participate to ensure our knowledge is up to date.
Parents-Booklet-accessible-final-updated-26-01-23-1-2.pdfNorth Yorkshire Duty Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
The North Yorkshire Duty LADO can be contacted on 01609 533080 should you wish to speak to somebody in relation to managing an allegation against a member of staff or a volunteer who works in North Yorkshire with children. please contact the relevant area LADO. For more information go to: NYSCP (safeguardingchildren.co.uk)
Operatation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a national police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership. It has been designed to provide early reporting to schools of any domestic abuse incidents that occur outside of normal school hours and that might have had an impact on a child attending our school the following day. This information will be shared at the earliest opportunity between Monday and Friday. When an incident occurs over the weekend the school will be notified on the Monday by the police. A nominated member of school staff, known as a key adult, will receive the information from the police. They will be able to use the information that has been shared with them, in confidence, to ensure that our school is able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children or their families. Information will be shared where it is identified that a child or young person was present, witnessed or was involved in a domestic abuse incident.
Please view their website for more information: https://www.operationencompass.org/