Safeguarding
Designated Safeguarding Lead : Rebecca Starman (Headteacher)
Alternate Designated Safeguarding Leads: Kelsey McKenna (Deputy Headteacher), Carrie Fisher (School Family Support Worker), Marie Compton (SENDCo)
Designated Looked After Children Teacher: Marie Compton
Safeguarding Governor: John Reeve-Hayes
Mrs R Starman Miss C Fisher Mrs K McKenna Miss M Compton
At Heartwood, we have a strong culture of safeguarding in our school.
This means that we have effective arrangements to:
- Always act in the best interests of children, pupils and students to protect them online and offline.
- Identify children, pupils and students who may need early help, and who are at risk of harm or have been harmed.
- This can include, but is not limited to, neglect, abuse (including by their peers), grooming or exploitation.
- Secure the help that children, pupils and students need, and if required, refer in a timely way to those who have the expertise to help manage safe recruitment and allegations about adults who may be a risk to children, pupils, students and vulnerable adults.
Safeguarding children, staff and volunteers, students and parents is a priority. If you see anything that causes you concern regarding child protection, the well-being or safety of a child or adult, you MUST inform a member of the safeguarding team (above).
Useful Safeguarding websites:
Childline: 0800 11 11 https://www.childline.org.uk/
NSPCC Speak out Stay safe resources- https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/services/speak-out-stay-safe-online-resources-202122
Breck Foundation – information about keeping safe when online gaming www.breckfoundation.org
NSPCC – offers support and advice if you have concerns about a child www.nspcc.org.uk/
0808 800 5000
Talk PANTS – information for parents on teaching children how to keep safe.
www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/
Norfolk Safeguarding Children Board www.norfolklscb.org/
Norfolk Early Help www.norfolk.gov.uk/children-and-families/early-help
NIDAS https://nidasnorfolk.co.uk/
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NSPCC Parental controls Find out how to put restrictions on your child's technology
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Everyones invited A place for survivors to share their stories
Domestic Violence
Domestic abuse goes beyond violent behaviour and physical abuse. It also includes any type of sexual, psychological and financial abuse and is about a range of coercive and controlling behaviours. It also includes ‘honour based violence’, female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriages. Domestic abuse can happen in any relationship – regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion or social class or income.
If you are being forced to change your behaviour because you are scared of your partner or your family member's reaction, it's likely that you are being abused.
If you need any support or advice please contact the school or follow the links below:
Operation Encompass
At Heartwood CE VC Primary and Nursery School we are working in partnership with Norfolk Constabulary and Norfolk Children’s Services to identify and provide appropriate support to pupils who have experienced domestic violence in their household; this scheme is called Operation Encompass.
In order to achieve this, Norfolk Children’s Advice and Duty Service will share police information of all domestic incidents where one of our pupils has been present with the Designated Safeguarding Lead(s). On receipt of any information, the Designated Safeguarding Lead will decide on the appropriate support the child requires, this could be silent or overt. All information sharing and resulting actions will be undertaken in accordance with the ‘Norfolk Joint Agency Protocol for Domestic Abuse – Notifications to Schools’. We will record this information and store this information in accordance with the record keeping procedures outlined in this policy.
