Safeguarding & Child Protection

Christ Church Charnock Richard Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the physical, mental and emotional welfare of every pupil. We expect all staff, governors, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment to safeguarding our pupils.

All school staff are given full safeguarding training on an annual basis or during their induction. If at any time we have any concerns over the safeguarding of a child then we have a duty of care to ensure that the information is passed onto our designate safeguarding leader and, if deemed appropriate, to social care/the police. Please see our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy below.

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Helen Brooks (Headteacher)

Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Natalie Calvert (Deputy Headteacher)

Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Miss Hannah Woolley (SENCO)

Kidsafe

In addition to rigorous safeguarding procedures, we also try to maximize every opportunity within the curriculum to educate pupils about how to keep safe. Christ Chruch is a registered Kidsafe school and all pupils receive Kidsafe lessons in addition to PSHE/Online safety lessons. To find out more about Kidsafe including how it supports schools to meet statutory requirements in the areas of Early Years Foundation Stage, Children’s Mental Health, Personal Social Health Education, County Lines, Relationship and Sex Education, Prevent and British Values please click here kidsafeuk

Our Kidsafe Teachers are:

Mrs Taylor                                  Miss Byrne

Operation Encompass

Christ Church Charnock Richard School is part of Operation Encompass. Operation Encompass is a unique Police and Education early intervention safeguarding partnership, which ensures that a child/young person’s school/college is informed prior to the start of school the next day, that there has been an incident of Domestic Abuse or any incident to which the child/young person has been exposed, in which they may be considered to be vulnerable to harm, and which might then have an impact on them in school/college the following day. A nominated member of staff, known as the key adult, has been trained to liaise with the police. At Christ Church our key adult is Mrs. Helen Brooks (Headteacher). They will be able to use information that has been shared with them, in confidence, to ensure that school makes provision for possible difficulties experienced by children or their families.

For further information please click here operation encompass

If you have a concern relating to Child Protection, you can report this immediately via CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection). To report directly to a Child Protection Advisor click here: CEOP

If you have a concern about a child and need to raise this with the authorities, you can report to Lancashire Social Care here: Lancashire Safeguarding