What is safeguarding?

 

• Providing help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge

• Protecting children from maltreatment, whether that is within or outside the home, including online

• Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development;

• Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and

• Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

All of our staff have completed safeguarding training. Our designated safeguarding lead is:

 

                                                                                   Miss Brighouse 

 

                                                               Our Deputy Safeguarding Leads are:

 

 Mr Brown    Mrs Nutton-Jones    Mrs S.Williams

                  Ms Mirza                         Miss McColgan
 

You can view our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and our parent friendly version on our website by clicking the link below or going to the 'About Us' section of the website and selecting 'Policies'. 

 

 

 

If you have any concerns about a child you can report this on our website:

You can click the link below or go to the 'About Us' section of our website and click 'Report a Concern'.

 

You can view our Online Safety policy on our website:

 

Co-op Academy Medlock is part of Operation Encompass which is a national scheme that operates jointly between schools and police forces.

 Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has experienced domestic abuse.

As a school/educational setting we have ensured that a member of our staff, (Designated Safeguarding Lead) known as a Key Adult, has been trained in the Operation Encompass procedures allowing us to then use the information that has been shared, in confidence, to support the child/ren in our care.  

The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 identifies children who experience domestic abuse as victims of domestic abuse in their own right.

On 24 May 2024 Royal Assent was granted to The Victims and Prisoners Act. The Act placed Operation Encompass into Law. 

This places a statutory obligation on police forces to share Operation Encompass notifications with schools/educational settings.

 We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and through Operation Encompass we will be able to provide the best possible support to our children.

Thank you,

Miss Brighouse