Safeguarding

Sandringham School and Daycare Designated Safeguarding Leads

We are committed to ensuring children at Sandringham Primary School and Daycare are safe. Safeguarding our school community is of paramount importance. We ensure that all our staff are aware of, and have the skills to deal with, any child protection or safeguarding concerns. We have robust recruitment procedures and professional development programmes which ensure that all our staff uphold our strong ethos and values.

Your child's safety and welfare is of paramount importance, overriding all other considerations. Schools are legally required to follow set procedures outlined in the DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education which forms the foundations for our own Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. We are also required to have a Lead Child Protection Officer to report any obvious or suspected cases of child abuse, which includes non-accidental injury, severe physical neglect, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, gang affiliation, sexual exploitation, radicalisation or female genital mutilation.

This procedure is intended to protect children at risk or provide support to avoid the risk. Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available from the school office on request. It is also available on the school website in the policies section. 

If you have a concern about a child's safety please do not hesitate to speak to one of our staff members. Alternatively you may contact our Chair of Governors, Mr Curtin. Please ask at the office for contact details.To support your at home with their safeguarding here are some websites we find supportive and age appropriate:

NSPCC PANTS (The Underwear Rule) Visit website

NSPCC Keeping children safe Visit website

Safeguarding children Visit website

Operation Encompass

Our  school and daycare  is part of Operation Encompass which is a national scheme that operates jointly between schools and police forces.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has experienced domestic abuse.
As a school we have ensured that a member of our staff, (Designated Safeguarding Lead) known as a Key Adult, has been trained in the Operation Encompass procedures allowing us to then use the information that has been shared, in confidence, to support the child/ren in our care.
The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 identifies children who experience domestic abuse as victims of domestic abuse in their own right. On 24 May 2024 Royal Assent was granted to The Victims and Prisoners Act. The Act placed Operation Encompass into Law. This places a statutory obligation on police forces to share Operation Encompass notifications with schools/educational settings. We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and through Operation Encompass we will be able to provide the best possible support to our children.
More information about operation encompass can be found here: https://www.operationencompass.org/