School Safeguarding Statement

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

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

Our designated safeguarding leads are:

• Miss Marie Lally – Head teacher
• Mr Ben Morris - Deputy Headteacher
• Mrs Cathy McManus
• Mrs Rosie Brennan

If you are concerned about a child please speak to one of the above members of staff at school or report it by visiting the CEOP or the NNC Child Protection websites using the links in the sidebar.

At Earls Barton Primary School we are working in partnership with North Northamptonshire Council and Northamptonshire Police to identify and provide appropriate support to pupils who have experienced domestic abuse in their household; nationally this scheme is called Operation Encompass. In order to achieve this, North Northamptonshire Council will share police information with the Designated Safeguarding Lead(s) of all domestic incidents where one of our pupils has been affected. On receipt of any information, the Designated Safeguarding Lead will decide on the appropriate support the child requires, this could be silent or overt.

All information sharing and resulting actions will be undertaken in accordance with the ‘NSCB Protocol for Domestic Abuse – Notifications to Schools’. We will record this information and store this information in accordance with the record keeping procedures outlined in our safeguarding policy.

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