Safeguarding at North Duffield

Every person who works with our children understand their responsibility in keeping children safe and should be confident in how they will do that.

All North Yorkshire schools, including North Duffield, follow the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP) procedures. We will, in most circumstances, endeavour to discuss all concerns with parents about their child/ren. However, there may be exceptional circumstances when the school will discuss concerns with Social Care and/or the Police without parental knowledge (in accordance with Child Protection procedures). The school will, of course, always aim to maintain a positive relationship with all parents. The school’s Child Protection Policy is available publicly through the school website, in hard copy (from the school office) or via email (please request a copy using the ‘Contact Us’ details on our website).

Through our policies and procedures, we will:

• Ensure that we employ staff who are suitable to work with children.
• Create a culture where staff know that their behaviour with children must adhere to an agreed Code of Conduct.
• Create a culture where inappropriate behaviour is challenged at every level within the federation.
• Ensure that we have procedures and policies which keep children safe while they are in our care, regardless of the activity they are engaged in.
• Ensure that we have procedures and policies which keep staff safe while they are carrying out their duties.
• Ensure that there are clear rules and boundaries for children to follow, in order that their behaviour does not impact on the safety of one another.
• Ensure that we teach children strategies that will help them deal with dangerous situations outside school.
• Ensure that FST Primary Schools Federation complies with legislative responsibilities regarding the management of hazards to health.

Our recruitment processes for all posts in school are rigorous and conform to current recommended guidance to do our utmost to ensure that only those suitable to work with children are employed. We ensure that those staff involved in recruitment have undergone the latest Safer Recruitment Training.

We have a Code of Conduct in place (known as Safer Working Practices) which sets out detailed policies and procedures for staff to follow – these have been put in place to keep everybody safe.

Child Protection Policy and School Practice Guidance

Our Child Protection Policy ensures that when a child makes a disclosure, there are appropriate procedures in place to ensure that action is taken to support the child. You can read our Child Protection Policy and Manual above..

 Of course, safeguarding the children within our care is much wider than just policy documents. We aim to create a culture of safety at school where children feel valued, respected, and cared for in a building that is safe, well maintained, and conducive to learning. Our policy documents are shared with key stakeholders and implementation is monitored by our governing body and senior leaders in school. Our governing body have an overarching responsibility for checking that our school complies with necessary regulations. Their recommendations are implemented in full.

Behaviour In School

We know that a contributor to children’s safety is high expectations and standards of behaviour. Whilst our behaviour policy sets out how behaviours in school are managed, we teach children to uphold our school values, which contributes to everybody’s safety.

THE CURRCIULUM

One of our key priorities is teaching children to keep themselves safe. This is done through the curriculum all year round.

Our teaching includes:

• Online Safety (e-safety)
• Bikeability
• Food Safety
• Water Safety
• Road Safety
• Sex and relationships education
• Stranger danger
• NSPCC workshops
  learning.nspcc.org.uk/services/speak-out-stay-safe
• Crucial Crew
  northyorkshire.police.uk/what-we-do/public-safety-and-welfare/crucial-crew

FURTHER INFORMATION & LINKS

PREVENT

As part of our ongoing safeguarding and child protection duties we are fully behind the government’s Prevent Strategy. All staff have received ‘Prevent’ training and understand about and how to deal with any issues they may see inside or outside school.

Official government document about Prevent

OPERATION ENCOMPASS

How do our schools support children and families who are affected by domestic abuse? 

We are part of a project that runs jointly between all schools, academies and colleges in North Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Police called Operation Encompass. This project has been designed to provide early reporting to schools and any domestic abuse incidents that occur outside of normal school hours and that might have had an impact on a child attending our premises the following day. This information will be shared at the earliest opportunity between Monday to Thursday and, when an incident occurs on a Friday, Saturday or a Sunday, the police will contact us the following Monday. The Headteacher, known as a key adult, has received awareness training to enable them to liaise with the police. They use the information that has been shared with them, in confidence, to ensure that 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 visit www.operationencompass.org for more information.

We can also provide support for families by making referrals to IDAS who are a North East charity who specialise in supporting people affected by domestic abuse. Please visit https://idas.org.uk/   for more information.

REPORT IT (CEOP)

CEOP: The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command

Has someone done something online that has made you or a child or young person you know, feel worried or unsafe?

Make a report to one of CEOP's experienced Child Protection Advisors:

ceop.police.uk/safety-centre

Worried about a child?
Make a referral

If it is out of school hours and you are unable to speak to a Designated Safeguarding Lead about concerns you have about a child then you could use the following contacts:

Where there are significant immediate concerns about the safety of a child, you should contact the police on 999

Everyone has a responsibility to refer a child when it is believed or suspected that a child:

• Has suffered significant harm and /or;
• Is likely to suffer significant harm and/or;
• Has developmental and welfare needs which are likely only to be met through provision of family support services (with agreement of the child’s parent).

If you believe the situation is urgent but does not require the police, please call 0300 131 2 131 to make a telephone contact with the MAST team at North Yorkshire.

Should your call be outside of business hours (Monday – Friday / 9am-5pm) please still call 0300 131 2 131 to speak to the Emergency Duty Team.

Resources

   https://safeguardingchildren.co.uk/about-us/worried-about-a-child/

LADO – Managing Allegations Against Those Who Work or Volunteer with Children Information-  Link

Online Universal Referral Form -Link

ONLINE SAFETY

Online Safety

We are committed to protecting our pupils online by working with National Online Safety. Resources include Parents & Carers courses (presented by Myleene Klass), online video resources and weekly guides covering a huge range of online safety topics.

Resources

• Taming Gaming
  Family Video Game Database - Guides, Ratings and Suggestions:
  www.taminggaming.com

At Home

As a parent you’ll know how important the internet is to children – they use it to learn, play, socialise and express themselves. It’s a highly creative place of amazing opportunities. But the technology children use every day can seem a bit daunting and you might worry about the risks your child can face online – such as bullying, contact from strangers or the possibility of them seeing illegal or inappropriate content.

Talking to your child about how they use the internet will help you start to protect your children online and decrease the risks they face. Here are some conversation starter ideas from childnet.com

• Ask your children to tell you about the sites they like to visit and what they enjoy doing online.
• Ask them about how they stay safe online. What tips do they have for you, and where did they learn them? What is OK and not OK to share?
• Ask them if they know where to go for help, where to find the safety advice, privacy settings and how to report or block on the services they use.
• Encourage them to help. Perhaps they can show you how to do something better online or they might have a friend who would benefit from their help and support.
• Think about how you use the internet as a family. What could you do to get more out of the internet together and further enjoy your lives online
• It’s important to remember that the legal age to have an account on most social media – Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Snapchat – is 13 years old.

Parent Resources

saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers

thinkuknow.co.uk/parents

nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety

APPS

Age limits are there to protect children. Here is a useful reminder of the age restrictions of some popular platforms to help parents and carers decide how appropriate they are for a child to access and what level of supervision needs to be in place:

 At School

As part of your child’s curriculum and the development of computer skills, we provide access to the internet only in teacher supervised lessons. We strongly believe that the use of the web and email is hugely worthwhile and an essential tool for children as they grow up in the modern world. But because there are always concerns about children having access to undesirable materials, we have taken positive steps to deal with this risk in school. Our school internet access provider operates a filtering system that restricts access to inappropriate materials.

At the start of the school year, each class discusses how we can all stay safe online and the dangers we may face on the internet. Every child in KS2 sign an Acceptable Use Agreement so that we know they have read and understood our school’s rules on staying safe. We also have an Acceptable Use Agreement for our younger children.

 Other Useful links

We take safeguarding seriously at North Duffield School below are some further links to resources you may find useful to support your child.

UK Safer Internet Centre- report harmful/upsetting content (https://reportharmfulcontent.com)

Anti Bullying Alliance (https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information

DFE – Keeping Children Safe Online 

Educate Against Hate offers advice on being safe online, how to respond to negative things seen online and tips for keeping your data secure.

Internet matters provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world.

Net-aware has support for parents and carers from the NSPCC, including a guide to social networks, apps and games.

Let’s Talk About It has advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation

UK Safer Internet Centre has tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services.

Parentzone continues to offer a range of resources on digital resilience and other curriculum areas, useful for parents and teachers.

What parents need to know about TikTok