Safeguarding

We are committed to maintaining and promoting safeguarding at Wincheap Foundation Primary School

At Wincheap Foundation Primary School our priority is that children have got to be safe and also feel safe!

The welfare and safety of all our children is the highest priority for all staff and governors and every effort is taken to ensure that our school is secure and safe, recruitment procedures are rigorous and policies and procedures are up to date and relevant.

If you are worried or have any concerns, please speak with one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL’s):

Mrs Dawson, Headteacher
Mrs Cole, Pastoral Manager
Mrs Kokle, Deputy Headteacher
Mr Sutcliffe, Assistant Headteacher
Mrs Hoare, SENCo & Assistant Headteacher
Mrs Whitlock, Office Manager

As part of the ethos of the school, we are committed to:

Maintaining children’s welfare is our paramount concern
Providing an environment in which children and young people feel safe, secure, valued and respected
Using the curriculum to provide opportunities for increasing self-awareness, self-esteem, assertiveness and decision-making
Working with parents to build an understanding of the school’s responsibility to ensure the welfare of all children
Ensuring all staff are able to recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse
Monitoring children and young people who have been identified as “in need”
Developing effective and supportive liaisons with other agencies

All staff undertake annual training (and receive regular updates) to ensure that they implement and understand all school policies and procedures linked to keeping children safe.

The Designated Safeguarding Leads at Wincheap Primary School are the Headteacher Mrs Dawson, the Deputy Head Mrs Kokle, the SENCo, Mrs Hoare, The Assistant Headteacher, Mr Sutcliffe and the Pastoral Manager, Mrs Cole. Staff and parents can talk to them about any welfare or child safety concerns.

If you have an urgent safeguarding concern, please contact the school to discuss this with Mrs Cole.

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 his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.

You can also contact either, the NSPCC on 0800 800 5000 if you are concerned about the welfare of a child or The Front Door Integrated Service on 03000 41 11 11.

Further information can be found in our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and other associated policies on our policies page.

Links to safeguarding and guidance for parents

We are an Operation Encompass School

Operation Encompass helps children who experience domestic abuse. Its aim is to provide early intervention and get them immediate support.

How it works:

When we attend incidents of domestic violence or abuse that involve children, we’re required by law to notify the child’s school or other place of education. We do this before the start of the next school day.

We do this for children who:

were directly involved with the incident
may be affected but weren’t present at the time of the incident
are connected to the household, even if they’re living elsewhere

The school's safeguarding lead will make sure the child gets the support they need.

Early Help and Preventative Services

Early Help and Preventative Services (EHPS) in Kent aims to target early help services for the most vulnerable children, young people and families with a focus on delivering better outcomes.

Children, young people and families should be able to access the right services at the right time in the right place. We aim to place them at the heart of everything we do, working in a more integrated way and avoiding, where possible, lack of coordination or wasteful duplication.

EHPS offer a wide range of support services to children, young people and families across different levels of need.

Please speak with Mrs Cole in school for further information.

Family Hubs

Parents, carers, children and young people can find advice, support and services to help throughout their family journey, from newborns to 19-year-olds, or up to 25-year olds with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Kent Family Hubs

School Nursing Service

https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/school-health/

Welcome to Kent School Health. We support children and young people aged four to nineteen. We can help with a range of issues young people might face including:

day and night-time wetting and soiling
children and teen's sleep
children and teen's behaviour
children and teen's healthy lifestyle
puberty and growing up.

You can find lots of helpful information to support your child's development, and keep them healthy and safe in our Kent Child and Kent Teen sections.

You can contact the Kent School Health Service at any time - we really want to hear from you if you feel you need more support for you and your child and can offer one-to-one support if needed for healthy weight, emotional health, toileting, parenting and behaviour.

Please call or email Mrs Amanda Cole for further information or support. acole@wincheap.kent.sch.uk