Tebay Primary School is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all pupils. We believe that children have a right to learn in a supportive, caring and safe environment which includes the right to protection from all types of abuse.
If any members of the school or local community have concerns about the welfare of a child in the school, or if you have any safeguarding queries, please contact our School Safeguarding Team.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Mrs Helen Wright, and Deputy DSL’s are Mrs Tracy Morland and Mrs Chloe Collinson
Email: head@tebay.cumbria.sch.uk or phone: 015396 24239.
Our Designated teacher responsible for children who are looked after or previosuly looked after children is Mrs Helen Wright.
The Cumbria Education Trust’s Child Protection and Engagement Officer is Mrs G Creighton
Email: gcreighton@cumbriaeducationtrust.org
- protecting children from maltreatment;
- preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;
- ensuring children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
- taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.
Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm. It relates to all aspects of school life and involves a collective set of measures to ensure every child is kept safe. It includes child protection, health care plans, health and safety, site security, safety on school trips, anti-bullying work and so much more. A detailed definition can be found in our Overall Safeguarding Statement (visit www.cumbriaeducationtrust.org/policies/)
Useful information for parents
NSPCC https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/
NSPCC helpline – 0800 136 663
National Online Safety https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides
CEOP for Parents/Carers https://parentinfo.org/
Parents’ Guide for Safe YouTube and Internet Streaming for Kids
Dangerous Online Chat Room – Safeguarding Alert – Ineqe Safeguarding Group
Report Remove: Remove a nude image shared online | Childline
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a unique Police and Education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people exposed to domestic abuse. Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools before the start of the next school day when a child or young person has been involved or exposed to a domestic abuse incident the previous evening. The information is given in strict confidence to a school’s Key Adult to enable support to be given dependent on the needs and wishes of the child. Tebay Primary School engages with this scheme.
Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership
Every Local Authority area has an Independent Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB). LSCB’s are responsible for ensuring agencies work together to safeguard children and for testing how effectively this happens. The Cumbria LSCB became The Cumbria Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP) in 2019.
https://cumbriasafeguardingchildren.co.uk/
