Safeguarding

Northway Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.

All school staff are trained in Child Protection, and children are made aware that they can talk to any adult in school if they have any worries. Staff are trained to look out for signs of physical/emotional harm or neglect and are required to report these to the Designated Safeguarding Leads. 

We want to work in partnership with parents and carers to help children to achieve their full potential and make a positive contribution. On rare occasions however, our concern about a child may mean that we have to consult other agencies even before we contact parents or carers.

We adopt the procedures laid down by the Sefton's Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) and the school has adopted a Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy in line with this for the safety of all children. 

At Northway, the Designated Leads for Safeguarding are: 

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Mrs McKenzie

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs McGhee

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Harrison

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

                                                                   

 

If you require any further information please contact Mrs McKenzie,  Mrs McGhee or Mrs Harrison

 

Operation Encompass

Our school is part of a project, which is run between Merseyside schools and Merseyside Police. The project, called Operation Encompass, has been designed to provide early reporting of any domestic violence incidents that occur outside school, which might have an impact on a child in school. This is done through a notification to school following an incident. 

The project ensures that at least one member of the school staff, known as the Key Adult, is trained to liaise with the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence. 

In this way, we aim to support each child who has been involved in, or witnessed, a domestic abuse incident. The Key Adult at Northway is Mrs Kate McKenzie (Headteacher). If she receives an Encompass notification, she will make sure that a person the child trusts is available to help - if the child needs this. A lot of the time this support is silent; keeping a careful eye on him or her and make sure the child has a calm school day. The confidential information is ordinarily not shared with all staff, just an agreement on how to help, if needed. 

All schools have a duty to share any information with other organisations if they feel a child is at risk of being hurt. The Key Adult may contact other organisations. This is described in our child protection policy. 

The sharing of information from the Police allows the school to be ready to help your child straight away, and it means that parents are aware that the Key Adult knows that something has happened. Parents can come and talk to our Key Adult at any time. The Key Adult can point you towards other people that can help. Our aim is to support children and their families. 

The current procedures for reporting Domestic Abuse incidents to schools can involve a lengthy delay in the transfer of information, which means that our children are left without the support and nurture that they need when they need it most. Operation Encompass has been created to address this so that by the start of the next school day, the school’s Key Adult will have been informed that the child or young person has been involved, heard or witnessed a domestic incident. This knowledge, given to schools through Operation Encompass, allows the provision of immediate early intervention through silent or overt support dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child. 

At Northway our Key Adult is Mrs Kate McKenzie (Headteacher). If you have any questions about Operation Encompass, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

 

For parents who would like additional support and training around key safeguarding issues  please click on the link below to access FREE online training courses. 

Free online support for parents

The links below are available for parents and pupils who may require additional support around issues of safety. Click on the icon to be taken to the webpage. 

 

 

 

                                                                                         

 

 

                                                                           

 

                                           

 

                                           

 

Northway Community Primary School
Dodds Lane,
Maghull,
Merseyside L31 9AA
Main Contact: Mrs C Booth
SEN Contact: Mrs L Sumner