Whitesheet C of E Primary Academy  takes seriously its responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in its care.

“The welfare of the child is paramount” (the Children Act 1989).

Section 175 of the Education Act 2002 (Section 157 for Independent schools) places a statutory responsibility on the governing body to have policies and procedures in place that safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are pupils in the school.

Our first and foremost priority is to keep your child safe and healthy; there are safeguarding notices around our school to remind staff and visitors of our policies and practices with the key message that: “Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, every day”. Under the Ofsted framework, safeguarding is a key indicator of what constitutes a good school.

REPORTING CONCERNS

Worried about a child? If you have concerns about a child please contact:

School - Any member of staff can help but Mrs Mullord is our Safeguarding Lead and Mrs Edmed is our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.  They can be contacted on  01747 840394.

Wiltshire Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) 0300 4560108.

Emergency Duty Service 08456070888 (5.30pm - 9.00am).

If a child is in immediate danger or left alone, you should contact the police or call an ambulance immediately on 999.

Whitesheet CE Primary Academy is supporting the national campaign organised by the Department for Education to encourage people to report any concern, no matter how small, of child abuse and neglect. If you're worried about a child please contact  the Wiltshire Council safeguarding Team on 0300 4560108 to report your concern.

We as a school are proud to be part of a project that runs jointly between schools and Wiltshire Police: ENCOMPASS is the reporting to schools, by the next school day, when a child or young person has affected by a domestic incident.

ENCOMPASS will ensure that a member of the school staff, known as a Key Adult, will be shared the information in confidence, while ensuring that the school is able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been involved in, affected or exposed to a domestic abuse incident. In our case the Key Adult is a member of our Designated Safeguarding Team. 

We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and we believe this will be extremely beneficial for all those involved.

Our email contact for ENCOMPASS is head@whitesheet.dsat.org.uk