Meet the Safeguarding Team:

• Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Ms S Naz
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr P Underwood
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mrs M McMahon
• Learning Mentor: Ms M Williams
• Online Safety Lead: Mrs N Middleton
• Child Protection/Safeguarding Governors: Mr T Oteh & Mr N Eagles

The designated safeguarding leads takes lead responsibility for managing child protection referrals, safeguarding training and raising awareness of all child protection policies and procedures. They ensure that everyone in school (including temporary staff, volunteers and contractors) are aware of these procedures and that they are followed at all times.  They act as a source of advice and support for other staff (on child protection matters) and ensure that timely referrals to Newham MASH are made in accordance with the right procedures.  They work with the local authority and other agencies as required.

Contacts

If you have any Safeguarding concerns you can contact the DSL or DDSL on info@st-edwards.olog.org.uk  and mark the email URGENT Safeguarding. 

The School office is manned daily during term time – 0208 472 4337

If you are concerned that a child is at risk of immediate significant harm, the first action is to call 999. Or you can contact:

Safeguarding / MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub): Call 020 3373 4600 during office hours for child welfare and safeguarding concerns.

Emergency / Out of Hours: Call Newham Contact Centre at 020 8430 2000

If you have concerns about adults that work with children, contact the LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer) on LADO@newham.gov.uk or calling 0203 373 6706/0203 373 3803.

To seek child protection advice, if you have concerns about the safety or well-being of our children, contact the Children and Families Hub on 020 3373 6472.

Family Information Service: Email fis@newham.gov.uk or call general support.

Operation Encompass

This operation is a national partnership between all schools, families and the police. The intention is that all parties will be informed immediately of any reported domestic abuse. The reason for this relates directly to the impact that domestic abuse has upon the success of young people in education. Children can be victims of domestic abuse when they are directly targeted for violence/abuse or if they are accidentally assaulted in an incident with others. Children can also be seriously affected by witnessing domestic abuse. If the Police are made aware of an incident of domestic abuse they will notify the school by 11am of the following morning. The school will then decide the appropriate support that is required for the student. The information will be shared with the appropriate members of staff. Click here to access Operation Encompass website www.operationencompass.org

St Edward’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils. We believe that:

• All children have the right to be protected from harm
• Children need to be safe and to feel safe in school
• Children need support which matches their individual needs, including those who may have experienced abuse
• All children have the right to speak freely and voice their values and beliefs
• All children must be encouraged to respect each other’s values and support each other
• All children have the right to be supported to meet their emotional and social needs as well as their educational needs – a happy, healthy sociable child will achieve better educationally
• Schools can and do contribute to the prevention of abuse, victimisation, bullying, exploitation, radicalisation, extreme behaviours, discriminatory views and risk taking behaviours
• All staff and visitors have an important role to play in safeguarding children and protecting them from abuse.

 Safeguarding is defined as:

• Protecting children from maltreatment
• Preventing impairment of children's health or development
• Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
• Taking action to enable all children to have the best life chances

At St Edward’s Catholic Primary school safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. All staff and everyone who comes in contact with children has a duty to fulfil their local and national responsibilities as laid out in the Keeping Children Safe in Education: Statutory guidance for schools and colleges (Updated Annually, every September).

All School Staff

Everyone in our school community has a responsibility to provide a safe learning environment in which our children can learn.  All staff members are aware of the local early help process and our role in it.  They are aware of signs of abuse and neglect so they are able to identify children who may be in need of help or protection.  All staff members are aware of and follow school processes and are aware of how to make a referral to Social Care if there is a need to do so.  If staff have any concerns about a child’s welfare, they must act on them immediately and speak with the designated safeguarding lead or deputies and they do not assume that others have taken action.

Training

The designated safeguarding lead and deputies undertake Level 3 child protection training at least every two years.  All staff members and governors receive appropriate child protection training which is regularly updated and in line with advice from the Newham Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP). In addition, all staff members receive safeguarding and child protection updates as required, but at least annually, to provide them with relevant skills and knowledge to safeguard children effectively.  Records of any child protection training undertaken is kept for all staff and governors. The school ensures that the designated safeguarding lead and deputies also undertakes training in inter-agency working and other matters as appropriate.

 
Safer Recruitment

All staff, volunteers or regular visitors must undergo safer recruitment checks, including the correct level of Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS).  The senior leadership team, safeguarding governors and the School Business Manager has undertaken approved Safer Recruitment training. When new staff, volunteers or regular visitors join our school they are informed of the safeguarding arrangements in place, the name of the DSL and deputies, and how to share concerns with them. Any member of staff, volunteer or visitor to the school who receives a disclosure or allegation of abuse, or suspects that abuse may have occurred must report it immediately to the designated safeguarding lead (or, in their absence, the deputy designated safeguarding leads).

Our Safeguarding policies can be found here

Children’s workshops & Online Safety

We run workshops throughout the year teaching children how to be safe. Workshops held reinforced important messages how we can keep children safe in and out of school. We also have workshops delivered by external people; some of the areas that have been covered are:

• Online Safety
• Cyber Bullying
• Knife Crime
• The Prevent Strategy
• NSPCC – Speak Out and Stay Safe, Let’s Talk Pants

 We also educate pupils about online safety through our Computing programme of study ‘Hector’s World.’ More information about this can be found on our online safety page.

The links below provide useful information for our school community to support families and children. There are a number of web links for safeguarding, online safety and parenting information which may be helpful to you. At the bottom of the page there are tabs with information about workshops/courses and organisations that Newham offer.

SAFEGUARDING & PARENTING ADVICE FROM THE NSPCC 
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/

CHILD EXPLOITATION AND ONLINE PROTECTION COMMAND
https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/

YOUNG MINDS – Fighting for young people’s mental health
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/?acceptcookies

CHILDLINE 
https://www.childline.org.uk/ 

FAMILY LIVES
https://www.familylives.org.uk/ 

BELIEVE IN CHILDREN – BARNARDO’S 
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/ 

KIDSCAPE 
https://www.kidscape.org.uk/advice/advice-for-parents-and-carers/ 

NEWHAM SUPPORT 

https://families.newham.gov.uk/kb5/newham/directory/family.page?familychannel=1 

https://families.newham.gov.uk/kb5/newham/directory/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=4