At Brough Primary School, we recognise that your child is our responsibility and concern.
We want to work in partnership with you, and discuss with you, any concerns we may have or that you may have. It is a priority to inform and involve you at every stage in your child’s time at the school.
Since the first priority is your child’s welfare, there may be rare occasions when our concernabout your child means that we have to consult other agencies even before we contact you.
The ER Safeguarding Children Partnership (ERSCP) has laid down the procedures we follow, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in-line with this for the safety of all.
If you want to know more about our procedures or the policy, please speak to the Headteacher who is the Designated Safeguarding Lead, your child’s Class Teacher or Mike Verdun who is the Governor with responsibility for Child Protection.
Mrs Shepherdson is our DSL (Designated Safeguarding Lead) and oversees the safeguarding team.
All members of our safeguarding team can be identified by their green lanyards.
Operation Encompass is a police and education early information sharing partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. Information is shared by the police with a school’s trained Key Adult (DSL) prior to the start of the next school day after officers have attended a domestic abuse incident thus enabling appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child.
Children experiencing domestic abuse are negatively impacted by this exposure; domestic abuse has been identified as an Adverse Childhood Experience and can lead to emotional, physical and psychological harm. Operation Encompass aims to mitigate this harm by enabling immediate support, making a child’s day better and giving them a better tomorrow.
Operation Encompass believes that children are victims of domestic abuse in their own right and should be acknowledged as such.
