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Safeguarding

The safety and well-being of our children is our key responsibility. We have strict rules on the recruitment of teachers and ensure that all adults that work with us are vetted through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 

We teach our children about how to be safe in the community as well as online. If you have any concerns about the safety of any child, please speak to a member of staff who you feel comfortable with. Alternatively, if your concerns are about the use of digital media, you can report incidents to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. 

Our Designated Safeguarding Leads are Alex Pearson and Carly Mitchell. 

The DSLs lead a team across the school who have been trained on dealing with the signs of abuse, and they understand the important role they have to play in protecting our pupils from harm. This includes training on the government’s Prevent Strategy as well as recent guidelines on FGM. We follow a clear set of procedures when concerns arise and matters are dealt with sensitively.

There is a wealth of information online about the various forms of abuse and how to keep children safe. If you would like more information or help with any kind of abuse, please click on the links below. 

Family Welfare and Safeguarding Co-ordinatior, Carly Mitchell

What does a Family Welfare and Safeguarding Co-ordinator do?

Here are some of the tasks and responsibilities:

  • Act as a link between home and school including making home visits or meeting at other suitable locations
  • Offer a range of services to children and families requiring support and information or sign post to other support services for families in need
  • Help children and families to increase school attendance and minimise absences
  • Work with children on a 1:1 or small group basis
  • Talk with and support children in school and encourage them, through direct contact, to be positive about their future
  • Support parents to develop and maintain a positive relationship with the school and overcome barriers to learning
  • Strengthen Families Facilitator
  • Bounce Back Programme for children
  • Family Links Facilitator
  • Domestic Abuse Champion
What concerns does the FWSC deal with?

The service is here to support children and families/carers with a wide range of issues and concerns. A few examples have been listed below:

  • Attendance
  • Lack of confidence and low self-esteem
  • Relationships
  • Home circumstances
  • Home-School relationship

Children achieve more when both home and school are working in partnership to support a child's development. The aim is to encourage and maintain a strong, positive partnership between home and school. 

If you have any concerns, please feel free to call in and see the FWSC at school or contact us by telephone at 01295 709583 or email carly.mitchell@hanwellfields.org

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