Safeguarding

If you are worried, or have concerns regarding the safety or well-being of a child, please contact one of our Designated Child Protection Officers, below, on: 0114 2423169.

Please remember that if a child is in immediate danger, an emergency call should be made (999 on the telephone).

Our Safeguarding Commitment

Through our day-to-day contact with pupils and direct work with families, school staff have a crucial role to play in noticing indicators of possible abuse or neglect. Parents should be aware, therefore, that where it appears to a member of staff that a child may be in danger, the school is required as part of local child protection procedures, to immediately report their concerns to other agencies and professionals, which may include Social Care Direct or the Police.

Staff will respond appropriately to:

Significant changes in a child’s behaviour
Deterioration in their general well-being
Unexplained bruising or other signs of possible abuse
Signs of neglect
Comments children make which give cause for concern

View Safeguarding Poster

At Whiteways Primary School, all staff treat the safeguarding of pupils as our main priority by ensuring they take safeguarding duties seriously and promote the well-being of all our children. They do this by:

Ensuring a safe learning environment for all children.
Promoting a shared responsibility for the well-being of children.
Developing and implementing effective measures to help us identify and report any safeguarding concerns.
Working with other agencies and partners to support children and families.
Keeping updated and well-informed to help raise awareness and understanding of Child Protection issues.
Promoting an awareness and understanding of how children can keep themselves safe, including when online.

Anna Ross

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Hannah Bridgewood

Designated Safeguarding Deputy

Rachael Kunze

Designated Safeguarding Deputy

Jakki Rhodes

SENDCo

Pam Smith

Chair of the Trust Board

0114 242 6736

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

Safeguarding means:

Preventing harm to children’s health or development.
Ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.
Taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best possible outcomes.
Protecting children from abuse and maltreatment.

We are an Operation Encompass School

https://www.operationencompass.org/

Operation Encompass is an initiative which runs jointly between schools, Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Police. It aims to support children who are living in households where there are incidents of domestic violence and abuse.

Witnessing or even hearing domestic abuse is distressing for a child or young person. They may witness the abuse, overhear it from another room, see a parent’s injuries or be subjected to their distress following an incident. They may even be physically hurt themselves trying to prevent the abuse.

The domestic violence and abuse school notification project is designed to provide confidential notification to schools on any incidents of domestic violence and abuse which occur within a child’s household that might have an impact on a child whilst they are in school. This ensures that member(s) of the school staff are trained to allow them to use the information that has been shared, in confidence, and ensure that the school is able to make provision and allowances for possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been involved in or witnessed a domestic violence or abuse incident.

We are keen to offer the best support possible to our pupils and we believe this to be both useful and supportive for all those it may involve.

We believe Operation Encompass demonstrates our school’s commitment to the safety and welfare of pupils and their families.