{"id":51,"date":"2024-04-20T12:12:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T11:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.andrewhuggett.co.uk\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:23:02","slug":"safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/our-church-school\/safeguarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Safeguarding children is everyone\u2019s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and families has a role to play. We at Mark Cross Primary School take our Safeguarding responsibilities very seriously. This means that we ensure that everyone working in our school has successfully completed the necessary clearances to enable them to work with children.<\/span><\/p>

It also means that we have staff members who are specifically trained and nominated as the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) within school.<\/p>

We follow the East Sussex Child Protection Procedures and the Local Safeguarding Children\u2019s Board local guidance and have systems in place to share concerns regarding children\u2019s welfare with our DSLs, with parents and with relevant external agencies. Part of our legal duty to safeguard our children, may also include us needing to consult specifically with and take advice from, the Police or Children’s Social Care, should the need arise. This includes working with the Operation Encompass team (Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse).<\/p>

By working closely together as a staff and with our partner agencies, we firmly believe that we will continue to offer a safe learning environment for all our children.<\/p>

If you have any concerns about the safety and\/or wellbeing of a child, please speak to one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads or alternatively contact Children\u2019s Services directly on 01323 464222 or visit\u00a0www.eastsussex.gov.uk\/childrenandfamilies\/worried-about-a-child<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What is Operation Encompass<\/h3>\n

Research shows that children can be negatively impacted by experiencing or witnessing domestic abuse. Operation Encompass is a national programme operated jointly between schools and all police forces in the UK to support children who have been affected.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How it works<\/h3>\n

Operation Encompass aims to reduce the long-term impact of domestic abuse by providing early intervention and support.<\/p>\n

When the police attend incidents of domestic violence or abuse where children are directly or indirectly involved, they notify the designated safeguarding leads at our school before the start of the next school day. A safeguarding lead will take time to understand a child’s behaviour and make sure that they get the immediate support that they need.<\/p>\n

Our designated safeguarding leads (Joanna Challis, Alma Scales, Helen Evans & Josie Dinnage) have been trained in Operation Encompass procedures. This allows us to use the information that has been confidentially shared with us by the police. Frant CE Primary School offers the best support for our pupils and being part of Operation Encompass helps us to do this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How can you help<\/h3>\n

If you’re a parent or carer concerned about a child affected by domestic abuse, please speak to one of our designated safeguarding leads.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What should I do if I have concerns about a member of staff?<\/h2>\n

You should report your concerns to the Head of School. If your concern is about the Head of School, please talk to the Executive Headteachers (Jo Warren or Joanna Challis) or our Chair of Governors.<\/p>\n

If you have concerns about the Executive Headteacher please contact the Chair of Governors, Rob French. rfrench@thewealdfederation.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) Louisa Hillman Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL) Joanna Challis Josie Dinnage Helen Evans Safeguarding children is everyone\u2019s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and families has a role to play. We at Mark Cross Primary School take our Safeguarding responsibilities very seriously. This means that we ensure that everyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/4159"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewealdfederation.org\/markcross\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}