Perivale Primary Safeguarding Team
Safeguarding at Perivale Primary School
At Perivale Primary School, the safety and wellbeing of every child is our highest priority. We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children in our care and ensuring they feel safe, supported and listened to.
In line with the Department for Education’s Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, safeguarding includes:
- Protecting children from maltreatment.
- Preventing harm to children’s mental and physical health or development.
- Ensuring children grow up in safe and effective care.
- Taking action to help all children achieve the best possible outcomes.
Working Together to Keep Children Safe
All members of staff have a responsibility to safeguard children and are trained to recognise, respond to and report concerns appropriately.
Where we have concerns about a child’s welfare, we may need to work with parents, carers and other professional agencies to ensure the child and their family receive the right support. Wherever appropriate, concerns will be discussed with parents or carers first, unless doing so could place the child at further risk.
The best interests of the child will always remain at the heart of every decision we make.
Safeguarding team
If you are concerned about the safety or welfare of a child who attends this school; please speak to a member of the Safeguarding Team via the school office on 0208 997 0619
Key Safeguarding Contacts
| KEY SAFEGUARDING CONTACTS | NAME / POSITION |
|---|---|
| Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) | Roxie Mitchell Head of Inclusion / SENDCO |
| Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSLs) | Daniel Upfield – Headteacher Lorraine Mackenzie – Deputy Headteacher Olivia Young – Assistant Headteacher, KS2 Sara Hinckson – Assistant Headteacher, EYFS/KS1 Dipesh Mistry – Pastoral Lead |
| Looked After Children Lead | Roxie Mitchell Head of Inclusion / SENDCO |
| Safeguarding Governor | Dr. King-Chi Yau |
| SEND Governor | Faye Aspill |
If you have a safeguarding concern about a child, please speak to a member of our safeguarding team as soon as possible.
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a partnership between schools, the local authority and the police, working together to support children who may have been affected by domestic abuse. When an incident is reported to the police where a child is present, our school is notified securely before the start of the next school day. This allows us to provide timely, sensitive support to ensure pupils feel safe, listened to and ready to learn. Information is shared on a need-to-know basis and treated with the utmost confidentiality. Being part of Operation Encompass helps us to strengthen our safeguarding procedures and provide the best possible care for our pupils during difficult times.
What to do if you are worried about a child?
If you are concerned about any child or young person you should contact the local authority’s Children and Families unit on (020) 8825 8000 (Ealing) and (020) 8937 4300 (Brent). If a child is in immediate danger you can ring the police on 999 or if you wish to take advice from the police you can phone 101.
If you would like further information about keeping your child safe the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) has lots of advice and guidance at www.nspcc.co.uk
Complaints or Concerns about a Member of Staff
Complaints or concerns about a member of staff should be made directly to the headteacher via the school office. Details of making a formal complaint can be found in our Complaints Policy. The Headteacher will always take professional advice from the local authority on how to proceed with all allegations against staff. Any complaint or concern about the Headteacher should be made directly to the Chair of Governors via the School Office. You can also contact the Local Authority Designated Officer on 020 8825 8930.
| Key contacts | |
| Headteacher | Mr Daniel Upfield |
| Chair of Governors | Mr Adam Nazar-Bhandari |
| Local Authority Designated Officer | 020 8825 8930 |
Online Safety
We encourage parents and children to visit the CEOP (Child Exploitation & Online Protection) website or the NSPCC website to find out how to stay safe online and to keep up to date with information about games, social media and apps.
The NSPCC Pants rule is a great tool to help children keep themselves safe. Visit the NSPCC Website below to get more resources and information including a Pack for Parents on how to start the conversation. nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/underw ear-rule/
Photographs and Videos
Whilst lots of parents and carers really enjoy seeing photos and videos of their children’s school life, we are very mindful of our duty of care towards all our pupils.
We take the issue of safeguarding very seriously and this includes the use of photographic and video images.
Any photographs or videos taken by parents, carers and relatives at school productions, sports days or other events are for the enjoyment of individual families. They must not be used in any way that could potentially place a child at risk. This would include publishing images in any form of print or on the internet including social media networks sites. This is emphasised before concerts and shows etc.
Occasionally, the local press will be invited to take photographs of school events and special achievements. We like to use photographs of our children on our website, in school documents, for parent information meetings, newsletters and on our display screens around the school. If you do not wish photographs of your child to be used for these purposes, please contact the school office to update your consent form.
Safeguarding Policies
Further Information
If you would like further information, please click on the titles below:
- Childline
- Extremism and terrorism
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Child Safe
- Hate Crimes
- Cyber Mentor Plus
- Private Tutors