Safeguarding

Unsworth Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare, both physical and emotional, of every pupil, inside and outside of school. We implement a whole school preventative approach to managing safeguarding concerns, ensuring that the wellbeing of pupils is at the forefront of all action taken.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and adults in our school take all welfare concerns seriously and encourage children and young people to talk to us about anything that worries them. We will always act in the best interest of the child.

Staff are provided with regular safeguarding training, briefings and updates to ensure that they are equipped with the knowledge needed to identify safeguarding concerns. Students are also provided with regular information and education about keeping safe and the importance of their health and wellbeing as part of our PSHE curriculum.

Where a student is deemed to be at significant risk and we need to involve other agencies, we share information with other public bodies such as Children's Social Care. Where information is shared, we work within the agreed local information sharing protocols to make sure that information is shared in line with local and national rules.

Where safeguarding concerns are raised that relate to any adults in school, we work closely with the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) to make sure we follow the correct procedures and ensure all concerns are investigated and followed up appropriately.

As a school we participate in Operation Encompass, a unique police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership. They ensure that a child's school is informed prior to the start of the next day if there has been an incident of domestic abuse that may have an impact on the child.

If you have any questions in relation to safeguarding at Unsworth Primary School, please speak to one of our key adults either in person, or by calling us on 0161 766 4876.