Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children.
Any person employed to work with children in our school is expected to be cleared by an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS)
Keeping children safe in education is statutory guidance that schools and colleges in
England must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote
the welfare of children.
It is essential that everybody working in a school or college understands their
safeguarding responsibilities. At The Whitehouse we ensure that ALL staff who work directly with children complete training toread and understand at least Part one of the guidance.
- The person who has overall responsibility for safeguarding: Mr J Thompson
- Deputy Safeguarding lead: Mrs Pullen
- The Governor responsible for Safeguarding: Mrs Lesley Boughton
Operation Encompass is a police and education early information sharing partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. Information is shared by the police with a school’s trained Key Adult (DSL) prior to the start of the next school day after officers have attended a domestic abuse incident thus enabling appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child.
Children experiencing domestic abuse are negatively impacted by this exposure; domestic abuse has been identified as an Adverse Childhood Experience and can lead to emotional, physical and psychological harm. Operation Encompass aims to mitigate this harm by enabling immediate support, making a child’s day better and giving them a better tomorrow.
Operation Encompass believes that children are victims of domestic abuse in their own right and should be acknowledged as such.
