Safeguarding

Safeguarding 

 

The Designated Safeguarding Lead for our school is Mrs J Hartley (Deputy Headteacher). Deputy Safeguarding Leads are Mr A Porter (Headteacher) Mr G Ellison  (Assistant Head), Mrs K Whiteman (Safeguarding and Attendance Officer), and Miss J Boult (Senco).

Holden Clough Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We believe that pupils have a right to learn in a supportive, caring and safe environment which includes the right to protection from all types of abuse; where staff are vigilant for signs of any pupils in distress and are confident about applying our safeguarding processes to avert and alleviate any such problems.

At Holden Clough, we follow the child protection procedures of the Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnership. Their website is available on the following link: https://tamesidescp.org.uk/

Safeguarding is about ensuring that everyone is safe from harm, safe from bullying, safe from people who could abuse, safe from discrimination or harassment - and that we all feel safe in our environment. We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment.

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 their Parents/Carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare. If a member of staff is concerned about a child’s welfare, they will record their concern, and any observations or conversations heard, and report to one of the DSLs as soon as possible the same day. If a member of staff has concerns which relate to the actions or behaviour of another member of staff we have policies in place for Whistleblowing.

We also expect a good standard of conduct from our staff to reinforce positive attitudes and behaviour for our children. Please click visit our policies page (link below) to read our Staff Code of Conduct.

We actively support the Government's Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism

For our Safeguarding, Child Protection, Whistleblowing policies, and our staff code of conduct please visit our Policies page.

If you have a concern about a child please email the school in confidence at:- safeguarding@holdenclough.victoriousmat.org
 
You can also contact the Tameside Safeguarding Hub on 0161 342 4101 to report a concern.


Operation Encompass

This project aims to support children who are affected by domestic violence by ensuring that their school is informed. This allows the school to support the children. If you have any other questions about this project, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

 

Useful Links

National Online Safety - Click here for lots of parent guides as to how keep your child safe online.  (You will need to create a free account to acess these)

NSPCC - National Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 

Prevent - How to get help for radicalisation concerns - Find out how the Prevent programme supports people who are at risk of becoming involved with terrorism through radicalisation

Let's talk PANTS - With the help of our friendly dinosaur Pantosaurus, talking PANTS is a simple way to teach your child how to stay safe from abuse.

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