Safeguarding
High Hurstwood is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We ensure that all staff, governors and volunteers are aware of these expectations from the moment they start working with us. They are all regularly trained and kept up to date with new safeguarding updates.
We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy which can be viewed on the policies section of our website, please click here.
Key Contacts:
- Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mark Pollard(Headteacher)
- The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are:
Helen Fry (Assistant Headteacher) & Emma Tweedy (Classteacher)
- The Safeguarding Governor in our school is Wendy Izzard
Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies, when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare. We actively support the Government’s Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism. Our Staff and Governors are trained to deal with Prevent, as part of regular Safeguarding training and updates.
Useful links
- https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/children-families/worried-about-a-child - if you are worried about a child please use follow links.
- https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/report/ - NSPCC is a great resource to help inform and prevent child abuse
- https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/safeguarding-child-protection-schools - An overview from the NSPCC about why safegaurding is schools is so important.
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass has been designed to provide early reporting to schools of any domestic abuse incidents that occur in which a child was present, ordinarily resides at the incident location or with an involved party. We know that children can be significantly affected through witnessing or being exposed to domestic abuse and this operation will allow us to better support our pupils and their families. In the most recent version of Keeping Children Sage in Education 2022, it has been recognised that children who experience Domestic Abuse within the home are also considered to be victims.
A nominated member of staff, known as a Key Adult, will be trained to liaise with the police. At High Hustwood CE Primary School our Key Adult is our safeguarding lead, Mark Pollard. He will be able to use information that has been shared with him, in confidence, to ensure that the right support is available should it be required by a child and / or their family. Please click on the link to go to their website, which has more inofrmation on the initiative.
NSPCC:
- NSPCC website for adults - The main NSPCC website, which is full of lots of useful resources for parents.
- NSPCC childline website - children friendly website with lots of games and resources aimed at their level.
- NSPCC Keeping children Safe online webpage- Specific resources from NSPCC on keeping children safe online.
- Useful handout for parents with additional resources - handout with lots of useful websites from NSPCC.
If you require any further information or advice then please speak to our Safeguarding Team:
Mr Pollard, Mrs Fry or Mrs Tweedy