Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility at Embsay School.
WHAT IS SAFEGUARDING?
Safeguarding means:
- protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
- preventing harm to children’s health or development
- ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
- taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.
We seek to create a culture of safeguarding. This was commented on in our OFSTED report:
'Staff take the protection and safety of pupils most seriously. They work well with other services, seeking support and advice where needed. Systems for recording information are detailed and well maintained. This helps leaders to see when and where they need to take action to keep pupils safe. The headteacher is persistent in ensuring that vulnerable families and pupils get what they need, when they need it. Staff get regular, good-quality training. They understand their duties well and know how and to whom they must report concerns. Their knowledge of matters related to the Prevent duty is suitably well developed.'
WHO TO SPEAK TO
If you have any concerns regarding the welfare of a pupil, please report it to a Designated Safeguarding Leader (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leader (DDSL)
Our Designated Safeguarding Leader (DSL) is the interim headteacher, Tim Whitehead.
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leader (DDSL) is Georgina Hodgson.
The Designated Safeguarding Governor is John Wild.
WORRIED ABOUT A CHILD? MAKE A REFERRAL
If it is out of school hours and you are unable to speak to a Designated Safeguarding Lead about concerns you have about a child then please use the following contacts:
Where there are significant immediate concerns about the safety of a child, you should contact the police on 999
If you believe the situation is urgent but does not require the police, please call 0300 131 2 131 to make a telephone contact with the MAST team at North Yorkshire.
If you need to speak to someone outside of business hours (Monday – Friday / 9am-5pm) please still call 0300 131 2 131 to speak to the Emergency Duty Team.
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