Safeguarding

Safeguarding Information & Contacts

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

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

Child protection is part of the safeguarding process. It focuses on protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. This includes child protection procedures, which detail how to respond to concerns about a child.
Safeguarding children and child protection guidance and legislation applies to all children up to the age of 18.

Winchelsea School is committed to providing the highest possible standards in all safeguarding issues.

Maintaining the highest possible standards means that:

  • We are committed to ensuring that all members of our community are safe and happy at school
  • We are vigilant in ensuring that no risks to health or safety go unchallenged
  • We are vigilant in ensuring that no person without proper identification goes unchallenged
  • We are mindful of all the different individuals that make up our community, their needs, concerns and difficulties
  • Should we believe or suspect any child in our care is suffering any type of abuse, maltreatment or neglect, we will always act immediately and follow up
  • All members of our community understand their responsibilities in safeguarding and know who to report their concerns to
  • We are committed to ensuring all members of our community are respected, valued and nurtured irrespective of background, race, gender, sexual orientation or differing ability
  • We are committed to supporting any member of our staff who is the subject of a malicious accusation

Domestic Abuse Alerts

The Designated Safeguarding Lead receives a notification from BCP Social Care when Police have visited a home in respect of a Domestic Abuse incident where a pupil of the school resides. This only contains the date and time of the incident, name of the pupil concerned and parties involved. The DSL will liaise with the relevant staff to ascertain our knowledge of the circumstances in the family home and contact Social Care in instances of concern or where more information is required.

Safeguarding Team

In school, Adam Bradford leads our safeguarding team, with support from Geoff Cherrill (Headteacher), Jo Snow and Michelle Boreham. Please do not hesitate to contact one of the team if you have any questions or information.

 

 Useful Contacts

1. Bournemouth and Poole LSCB

http://bournemouth-poole-lscb.org.uk/home

2. Keeping Children Safe in Education

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2

If you would like to view the Keeping Children Safe in Education pamphlet in an alternative language, please use the link below

 https://bournemouth-poole-lscb.org.uk/useful-documents/schools-and-colleges/

3. What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused – March 2015

 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-to-do-if-youre-worried-a-child-is-being-abused--2

4. Information sharing advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people and families.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-practitioners-information-sharing-advice

5. Ofsted Safeguarding Children

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/schools/for-schools/safeguarding-children

6. Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inspecting-safeguarding-in-early-years-education-and-skills-from-september-2015

7. Working Together to Safeguard Children March 2015

http://www.workingtogetheronline.co.uk/chapters/contents.html

8. Section 175 Education Act 2002

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/175

9. Department for Education – e-safety guidelines

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/251455/advice_on_child_internet_safety.pdf

10. Safeguarding: Disclosure and Barring – changes from September 2012

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service

11. The Information Commissioner’s Office – Data Protection Act in Schools and Education

http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/sector_guides/education

12. The South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL)

http://swgfl.org.uk/

13. Family Information Service – Borough of Poole

http://www.poolefamilyinformationdirectory.com/kb5/poole/fis/home.page

    14. Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who Work with Children and Young People

    http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100202100434/dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/resources-and-practice/ig00311/

    15. Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools Departmental Advice for School Staff

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2

    16. SSCT

    https://www.dorset.police.uk/help-advice-crime-prevention/safety-in-your-community/safe-schools-communities-team/

    17. Vodafone – Digital parenting

    http://www.vodafone.com/content/digital-parenting.html

    18. NSPCC Parent Helpline

    https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/nspcc-helpline/

    19. Early Help Strategy

    https://www.poole.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/strategies-plans-and-policies/early-help-strategy/

    20. Anti-Bullying Strategy

     https://www.poole.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/strategies-plans-and-policies/anti-bullying-strategy/

    21. Educate Against Hate

    https://educateagainsthate.com/

    22. Barnardos

    https://www.barnardos.org.uk/

    23. LSCB Child Sexual Exploitation

    https://proceduresonline.com/trixcms/media/1950/cse-leaflet-updated-jun-2018.pdf

    24. Charlie Waller Memorial Trust - Depression - let's get talking

    https://www.cwmt.org.uk/

    25. Kooth - Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people 

    https://www.kooth.com/

    26. CAMHS

    https://camhsdorset.org/

    27. Family Information Directory

    http://www.poolefamilyinformationdirectory.com/kb5/poole/fis/home.page

    28. Child Line

    https://www.childline.org.uk/

     

     

    Domestic Abuse Support & Information

    NSPCC

    https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect/domestic-abuse/

     

    Victim Support

    https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/crime-info/types-crime/domestic-abuse


    Womens Aid

    https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/helpline/

     

    https://www.gov.uk/report-domestic-abuse

     

     

    Checking in...

    03 Jul 2020

    Hi everyone! I hope you are all ok. I know that this is turning into quite a challenging time for some of you, so if you need anything, please let us know! Just a quick update -  1. We are all re...

    Checking in...

    18 Jun 2020

    Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing ok. I know this is turning into an extremely challenging time for lots of you.  It's been great to see so many of the children over the last couple of weeks....

    Weekends

    09 Jun 2020

    Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping safe! Just to let you know that now all staff are back in school , we will no longer be opening the school gate over the weekends. Obviously, many of the restri...

    Parent Guidance - 3rd June 2020

    03 Jun 2020

    The latest DfE Guidance for Parents & Carers can be found here -  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educ...

    Safeguarding

    02 Jun 2020

    The following is some guidance from the NSPCC - Home isn’t always a safe place. Schools closing could put some children at greater risk of abuse and neglect and that’s why we’re sup...

    Term Dates 2020 - 2021

    02 Jun 2020

    Term Dates for 2020 - 2021 can be found here -  https://winchelseas.schoolzineplus.co.uk/term-dates Regards,Geoff CherrillHeadteacher

    Parents Evening - 9th July 2020

    01 Jun 2020

    Please be aware that we WILL NOT be holding Parents Evening on Thursday 9th July. Regards,Geoff CherrillHeadteacher

    IMPORTANT UPDATE! PLEASE READ!

    21 May 2020

    Please see attached a letter from me to all Parents & Carers. This letter outlines our plan for extending the number of pupils accessing school from 1st June. Return_Letter_3.pdf Please contact us...

    Update - 21st May

    21 May 2020

    Good morning everyone! We now have a plan for after half-term! Your Class Teachers will be contacting you shortly to provide some details. If you have a missed call, please do not contact Reception as...

    Free School Meals - Half Term

    20 May 2020

    Please can everyone be aware of the following -  - We will provide Free School Meal boxes over Half Term. - They will be available for collection and delivery on TUESDAY 26th MAY. - Deliveries wi...

    Update - 18th May

    18 May 2020

    Good morning! Just a few things -  1. You should by now have started to receive calls from your class teams asking if you would like your child to return to school. Please be patient with us whil...

    Letter from Geoff - Part 2

    15 May 2020

    Hi everyone! Please see the attached letter -  Return_Letter_2.pdf Regards,Geoff 

    Letter from Geoff

    12 May 2020

    Good evening everyone. I hope you are all doing ok and still keeping safe! Please see the link below for a letter to all parents & carers. Letter_12th_May_2020.pdf Regards,Geoff CherrillHeadteache...

    VE Day Assembly

    08 May 2020

    We have a very special VE Day Assembly on the Youtube Channel!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxCm-EgoyQ Enjoy! Regards,Geoff 

    Checking in...

    06 May 2020

    Good evening everyone! Just checking in. I hope you are all doing ok. Nothing new to report. As i've said before, please ignore any speculation in the press about a return to school. I have still not...

    Consultation

    05 May 2020

    Please see the attached documents.  You will see that Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council  are conducting a consultation to –  Make our satellite site at Old Town Infan...

    VE Day Commemoration

    04 May 2020

    Good morning everyone! I hope you are all ok and you had a good weekend. I am sure you are all aware that the Bank Holiday on Friday is to commemorate VE Day. In light of this, below are some resoures...

    Checking in...

    01 May 2020

    Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing ok and keeping safe! Just a few quick things.. 1. There is a new assembly up on the Youtube Channel. 2. The gate will be open again over the weekend. Saturday and...

    BCP Survey

    29 Apr 2020

    Dear Pupils & Students  We wanted to contact you, because we know school life has been very different, and it seems like a long time since everyone was all together at school.   We want...

    Friday 8th May - SCHOOL CLOSED

    28 Apr 2020

    Please can everyone be aware that school will be CLOSED on Friday 8th May. However, please do not hesitate to contact your Class Teacher, Adam or me if you have any problems! Regards,Geoff CherrillHea...

    Checking in...

    26 Apr 2020

    Hi everyone! Nothing new to report....just checking in! I hope you are all doing ok. Was nice to see a few more of you this week! Thank you so much for the video you made for the staff. It really was...

    Weekends

    24 Apr 2020

    Hi everyone, Just to confirm that we are opening the school gate from 11am to 1pm tomorrow and Sunday. Please be aware that we will do this every weekend until further notice! In case I forget to send...

    A huge thank you...

    24 Apr 2020

    I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Danny and his staff at The Warmer Group! They have volunteered to deliver our Food Boxes to our FSM families. We are so grateful to them. It's another example...

    Update - 21st April 2020

    21 Apr 2020

    Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing ok! Just a quick update for you all... - We still do not have any idea about a date for when school will be opening as normal again. Please ignore any speculation...

    Food Boxes for FSM

    20 Apr 2020

    Good morning! Can I please remnd all families in receipt of Free School Meals that your first weekly Food Box will be available for collection from school from 10.00am today. I am aware that a small n...

    Fundraising

    17 Apr 2020

    Mr Josh is supporting our local NHS staff by raising money for much needed supplies for patients. If you would like to donate, please visit... https://www.gofundme.com/f/patient-supplies-drive-b039mth...

    Friday 17th April 2020

    17 Apr 2020

    Hi everyone! Just a few things to mention -  1. There is a new assembly up on the Youtube Channel. Enjoy! 2. If you are trying to redeem a Free School Meal voucher code, please keep trying the we...

    Happy Easter!

    10 Apr 2020

    Hi everyone! Just checking in. Hope you are all ok and you all have a lovely Easter weekend. The school gate will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 1pm as usual. As ever, please let us know...

    Update

    09 Apr 2020

    Good morning everyone! Just a few things... 1. You may have read in the news some talk about schools opening again after Easter. I just wanted to confirm that this is not currently the case. I have no...

    Checking in...

    05 Apr 2020

    Hi everyone, Just checking in! I hope you are all doing ok and you have managed to enjoy the weather over the weekend.  You may have read in the news that we will be offering Free School Meals to...

    3rd April - PM

    03 Apr 2020

    Good evening everyone, I hope you've had a good day and you're all doing ok. I also hope you enjoyed the assembly! Please feel free to comment on the video! Just a reminder that we will open the schoo...

    2nd April 2020 - PM

    02 Apr 2020

    SALT Support

    02 Apr 2020

    If any of you require some extra support with communication resources, please contact the SALT department directly. They can help with Social Stories, visuals and other resources for you to use with y...

    Updated Guidance

    01 Apr 2020

    The DfE have updated their guidance for parents. It can be found here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers Regards,Geoff Cher...

    31st March 2020

    31 Mar 2020

    Hi everyone! I hope you've all had a good day today!! I have added some helpful guidance for parents for when children go online on the Updates tab of the website. I hope they are useful. Nothing new...

    Easter Opening - PLEASE READ!

    31 Mar 2020

    We will be open for the duration of the Easter holidays for children who have parents in key roles. All other children should remain at home. Please be aware of the following - 1. We will not be open...

    Monday 30th March

    30 Mar 2020

    Good afternoon everyone. I hope you are all doing ok! Just an update on a few things -  1. Free School Meals We will be providing food for all families entitled to Free School Meals through our o...

    Free School Meals

    30 Mar 2020

    Good morning everyone! I hope you are all ok and had a good weekend. Just a quick update on Free School Meals. The national Free School Meal Voucher Scheme is still not up and running. In the meantime...

    Friday 27th March - AM

    27 Mar 2020

    The only update so far today is.... IT'S TIME FOR A SING-A-LONG!!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg9BzBLvpJ8 Regards,Geoff 

    Friday 27th March - PM

    27 Mar 2020

    Hi everyone! Well, what a week that's been!!! I hope you are all doing ok. Thank you so much for your help and support this week. You have allowed us to be safely open for everyone who needed us to be...

    Parent Information

    27 Mar 2020

    Please find attached some information regarding SEND children & families. If you have any questions, please get in touch. SEND_Letter_to_Parents.pdf SENDIASS_Letter.pdf SENDIASS_FactSheet.pdf Rega...

    Thursday 26th March - PM

    26 Mar 2020

    Hi everyone! I hope you are all ok and you are keeping safe. If you haven't already been in touch with us about Free School Meals, please contact us tomorrow, as we are able to help you with this. If...

    Messages to Staff

    26 Mar 2020

    I have just posted a video and left the comments on. Please feel free to post any messages to your amazing school staff on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwyoO_zM-RE All other videos will...

    Thursday 26th March - AM

    26 Mar 2020

    Sorry about the flurry of messages this morning! I just needed to share some stuff with you all. I'm sure you're all going to be sick of me soon!! Just a quick message this morning.... I know some of...

    Resources

    26 Mar 2020

    Please see attched for some recommended YouTube Channels and Websites. Website_Links_for_Parents.pdf I have added this to the Updates tab on the website too. Regards,Geoff CherrillHeadteacher

    Important Information

    26 Mar 2020

    Domestic Abuse As we all do our best to cope with coronavirus and the measures we are all taking to conquer it, our thoughts are with those adult and children living with abusive perpetrators. Where h...

    Wednesday 25th March - PM

    25 Mar 2020

    Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are all ok and everyone is managing to keep calm!! Again, I have nothing new to update at the moment. However, I understand a few of you are anxious about a couple...

    Wednesday 25th March - AM

    25 Mar 2020

    Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing ok and enjoying the sunshine if you can! Nothing new to update you on so far today, so a couple of reminders... Please keep getting people to subscribe to the YouT...

    Tuesday 24th March - PM

    24 Mar 2020

    Todays afternoon message will be on the YouTube channel shortly! Please keep sharing the link! Regards,Geoff 

    Tuesday 24th March - AM

    24 Mar 2020

    Good morning! Thank you all so much for keeping so many of your children at home. Once again, we have been able to stay open for those families who need us to be open.  I have no doubt that many...

    Staff Contact

    23 Mar 2020

    I know some of you are starting to feel really anxious. In case it helps, I have added class teacher email addresses to the 'Updates' tab on the website home page. Please feel free to contact your cla...

    Monday 23rd March - Evening

    23 Mar 2020

    Following tonights announcement, please can you keep your children at home unless absolutely necessary. I am extremely unlikely to have many staff available to me in the next few days. I need to be ab...

    Monday 23rd March - PM

    23 Mar 2020

    Good afternoon everyone, We have had a good day today! The pupils in school have all been great. Thanks again for your support.  I don't have anything new to update but I just wanted to say somet...

    Monday 23rd March

    23 Mar 2020

    Good morning! Thank you all for your help today! I have a huge number of staff absent from school and your support has meant we can be open for those families who need us to be open. Please can I emph...

    Sunday Evening

    22 Mar 2020

    Hi everyone, I hope you've all had a good day. Again, it was lovely to see some of you earlier today. Big thanks to those staff who called in too! Tomorrow we will welcome back some of our pupils and...

    Just remembered...

    22 Mar 2020

    Until further notice, children do not have to wear school uniform to school.  I know some of the children prefer to wear uniform and thats fine if they do! Whatever is easiest for you all! Regard...

    On a positive note...

    22 Mar 2020

    Next week, we will start looking at how to put in place some amazing ideas from staff for you all. This will include some video messages, book readings and some challenges for you to do at home with y...

    Sunday Update

    22 Mar 2020

    Happy Mothers Day to you all! Following yesterdays advice about social distancing, I wanted to be clear about a few things -  I wil open the school gate today between 11am and 1pm. You are welcom...

    Safeguarding

    21 Mar 2020

    Although this is an unprecedented situation, it is still vital that we continue to keep our children safe. To help with this, I have attached some safeguarding guidance for you all. We have also set u...

    Saturday Update

    21 Mar 2020

    Hi everyone...hope you're all ok. Nothing new..just checking in. It was really lovely to see a few of you today! I will open again tomorrow from 11am to 1pm. I hope it helped! I think I will find a wa...

    Friday Message

    20 Mar 2020

    Hi everyone...hope you're all ok! Nothing new to update but wanted to ask you all a favour. I know all of our pupils are vulnerable but some of our parents have children with very complex and very cha...

    Important Update - 20th March

    20 Mar 2020

    Good afternoon, Attached is the plan for next week. Please make sure you read through the plan and contact us if you have any questions. I will continue to provide updates over the weekend. Please kee...

    Visual Support

    20 Mar 2020

    Work Packs for pupils remaining at home are now on their way to you. However, please find attached some visual support documents which might be useful to you.  Visual_Support.pdf Visual_Activitie...

    Free School Meals Update

    20 Mar 2020

    If your child receives Free School Meals and you have chosen to keep them at home, please contact me if you are concerned about being able to provide food. We will help! I have a long term plan but ov...

    Update - Friday 20th March

    20 Mar 2020

    Good morning! I hope you are all ok and the children are safe and well! Please see attached the latest update. Covid_19_Letter_4_20_March_2020.docx Official_Key_Worker_List.docx If you have any questi...

    Update

    19 Mar 2020

    Good afternoon!  I hope you are all doing ok! I would like to thank you all for your patience and support today. I really do appreciate it. We now have a plan in place for the rest of this term....

    Update

    19 Mar 2020

    Good Morning! I will provide an update for you all at around 10.00am this morning. In the meantime, please could you avoid calling the school office unless you are reporting that a child or family mem...

    Provisional Plan

    19 Mar 2020

    Please see the attached letter. Please ensure that you respond to the requests in this letter within the requested timeframe. Covid_19_Letter_3_19_March_2020.docx A big thank you from me for your pati...

    Transport Update

    19 Mar 2020

    I have been advised that, at present, the intention is to provide transport for those of you who are entitled to it and would like your children to attend next week. This may change due to staffing le...

    Support

    19 Mar 2020

    Over the past few days, we have been working to develop a number of things which may help families in the coming weeks. This is particularly important for those families with NHS staff. If any family...

    Update

    19 Mar 2020

    Good evening everyone! I hope you are all keeping safe and healthy!  I don't have much by way of an update but I expect to get more information tomorrow. However, I have heard tonight that my ama...

    Message from Geoff

    18 Mar 2020

    I know that tonights news has created more questions than it has answered. Please do not worry or speculate about what may happen. I will be clarifiyng a few things in the morning and will then update...

    Coronavirus Social Stories

    18 Mar 2020

    Dear Parents and Carers Please see attached social stories. Coronavirus_social_story.pdf Coronavirus_one_page_social_story.pptx Social stories are a way of simplifying information for children. Pleas...

    School Closure

    18 Mar 2020

    Please be advised that I have taken the decision to close the school on Thursday 19th March & Friday 20th March. I have made this decision for operational reasons and NOT because we have any confi...

    Parents/Carers Support

    17 Mar 2020

    Dear Parents/Carers In order for us to support families at this challenging time please could any Parent/Carers who currently work in the NHS contact the school. This is simply so we can see if we can...

    Update

    16 Mar 2020

    Please be advised that we have cancelled all swimming sessions until after the Easter holiday.  We will keep you updated with any other changes throughout this week. Thanks for your understanding...

    Coronavirus Government Advice to Parents

    11 Mar 2020

    Dear Parent/Carer, Please find shown below the latest government advice to parents: What to do if pupils, students or staff in your institution are contacts of a confirmed case of COVID-19. The defin...

    Sport Relief - Friday 13 March 2020

    11 Mar 2020

    Dear Parent/Carer, On Friday 13 March, we will be raising awareness and money for Sport Relief. Details taken from the Sport Relief website provides information about how monies raised is spent: &lsqu...

    Department for Education - Coronavirus Advice

    11 Mar 2020

    Dear Parent/Carer, Government Coronavirus Action Plan On Tuesday, the Coronavirus action plan was launched. This document sets out what the UK as a whole has done to tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19),...

    Coronavirus Update

    11 Mar 2020

    Dear Parents/Carers Following the recent news about a confirmed case of the virus at a local gym, I have received a number of queries from Parents/Carers. The current advice from Public Health England...