Safeguarding at Pollington-Balne Primary School
Pollington-Balne CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Safeguarding Policy which can be found on the link below.
The Safeguarding Team
The team will seek advice and follow the school safeguarding policy and other linked policies (such as whistle blowing) as appropriate. The DSL will ensure that each member of the team attends training which is necessary for them to fulfil their role.
At Pollington-Balne Primary School we believe Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. We want to work in partnership with you, and discuss with you, any concerns we may have or that you may have. Since the first priority is your child’s welfare, there may be rare occasions when our concern about your child means that we have to consult other agencies even before we contact you.
The East Riding Safeguarding Children Partnership (ERSCP) has laid down the procedures we follow, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in line with this for the safety of all. If you want to know more about our procedures or the policy, please speak to any of the Safeguarding Team.
Please follow the link to all our Safeguarding policies.
Safeguarding Policies
Please follow the link.
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Safeguarding in schools is essential for keeping children safe.
It means having:
- whole-school policies and procedures
- staff and volunteers confident in identifying and raising concerns
- leadership confident in responding to and referring concerns and working with other agencies to protect children
- teaching resources to promote wellbeing. (NSPCC 2023)
The health, safety and well - being of our children is of greatest importance. It is vital we ensure all our children and school community feel safe. Equally it is vitally important that when instances and difficulties occur, parents, children and staff know, as a school we have policies and procedures as well as an ethos of being able to take every practical measure to ensure that we are able and equipped to take appropriate and immediate action.
Everyone in our community has the responsibility to act on any concerns that they may have about a child’s well being and safety.
Designated Safeguarding Leader (DSL) is Mrs Rawes
Deputy Safeguarding Leader (DDSL) is Mrs Batty
The Governors responsible for Safeguarding is Mrs Anna Laycock - Brown and Mr Neil Butler.
DSL - Mrs K Rawes
Safeguarding Governor - Mrs Anna Laycock Brown
DDSL - Mrs M Batty
Safeguarding Governor - Mr N Butler
Operation Encompass
Pollington-Balne CE Primary School is part of a project run by Humberside Police called Operation Encompass. The project aims to support children who are affected by Domestic Abuse.
As a result, following any domestic abuse incident specialist police officers will make contact with the school and communicate relevant and necessary information to nominated and trained school staff. This will ensure that the school is made aware before the start of the next school day and can subsequently provide support in a way that means the child feels safe.
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Operation Encompass
There is also more information on their website
If you have any safeguarding concerns about a child or vulnerable adult -The East Riding Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHASH) can be contacted on 01482 395500 or via e-mail: childrens.socialcare@eastriding.gcsx.gov.uk or out of hours contact the emergency Duty Team on (01377) 241273, email emergency.duty.team@eastriding.gcsx.gov.uk
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East Riding Safeguarding Children Partnership (ERSCP) Safeguarding children in East Riding of Yorkshire
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Child Exploitation and Online Protection Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online? Make a report to one of CEOP's Child Protection Advisors.
If you have any safeguarding concerns about a child or vulnerable adult -The East Riding Early Help and Safeguarding Hub (EHASH) can be contacted on 01482 395500 or via e-mail: childrens.socialcare@eastriding.gcsx.gov.uk or out of hours contact the emergency Duty Team on (01377) 241273, email emergency.duty.team@eastriding.gcsx.gov.uk
Reducing Parental Conflict information (RPC)
Within children's safeguarding services, it is felt strongly that relationships have a huge impact on all of our lives and believe support in this area should always be prioritised and developed. The RPC agenda is government funded and led by the DWP. Some useful information can be found below.
Amity's Little Book of Relationship Care
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Preventing and Countering Extremism in Young People | [pdf 2MB] |
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Debt & Realtionships Flier | [pdf 845KB] |
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Helpful Links
In Our Place
East Riding has a useful website that is open to all parents, carers and family members. The website offers free courses and resources plus, specialist emotional and mental health learning for teenagers.
Become a more confident parent by learning about child brain development, challenging behaviour, communication and your own wellbeing needs because parenting is a journey that is always changing!
For teenagers, specialist online learning will help you make sense of brain changes during adolescence and what that means for how you feel, make decisions, and connect in your important relationships.
Relationships Matter
We understand that conflict can be part of all relationships, and this is completely normal. It’s not the conflict that is the problem but how we deal with it. Evidence shows that ongoing, poorly resolved conflict can have a damaging effect on our own relationships but more importantly on our children’s wellbeing and happiness. This page provides tips and support local to you.
Shore Space
Shore is part of The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, a charity working to prevent all forms of child sexual abuse.
Shore was launched in 2023 to provide a safe and anonymous place for young people to get help and support. The aim of this website is to prevent harmful sexual behaviours among young people.
It’s for anyone who:
- has questions about healthy sexual relationships
- wants to change their own behaviour
- is looking for reliable information to help them respond to someone else’s behaviour
