Safeguarding, safety and promoting the welfare of children is the highest priority for Beech Green Primary School:
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Protecting children from maltreatment
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Preventing the impairment of children’s health or development
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Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
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Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes
There are a number of legal frameworks and definitions of safeguarding which can be found in the school Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy.
Safeguarding is about more than Child Protection. The latter is specifically about protecting children and young people from suspected abuse and neglect. It includes everything an organisation can do to keep children and young people safe, including minimizing the risk of harm and accidents and taking action to tackle safety concerns.
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass helps children who experience domestic abuse.
How it works
Operation Encompass aims to reduce the long-term impacts of domestic abuse by providing early intervention and support.
When the police attend incidents of domestic violence or abuse where children are directly or indirectly involved, they notify the designated safeguarding lead at the child’s school before the start of the next school day. The safeguarding lead then makes sure the child gets the immediate support that they need.
At Beech Green School we strive to identify and support children affected by domestic abuse.
The programme operates in all police forces in the UK. It is available for every school in every police force. Where police forces have the capacity, they include registered nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.
If you have any concerns about domestic violence, please speak confidentially to a staff member. We are always here to help.