Course School Information

Abercarn Primary School is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all members of the school community, including staff, parents & carers, volunteers and governors to demonstrably share this commitment. We encourage our pupils to approach any member of our staff if they are worried or have concerns.

This means that we have a 'Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy' and rigorous procedures in place.  All staff (including supply staff, volunteers and governors) must ensure that they are aware of these procedures.  

We have a statutory duty to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare; this may mean seeking advice and/or making referrals about suspected harm or abuse concerning one of our pupils. We will ensure that all concerns about our pupils are discussed with their parents & carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.

If you are concerned about a child’s welfare, please record your concern and any observations or conversations heard, and either report to one of the Designated Safeguarding Person (DSPs)  Do NOT conduct your own investigation.

It is important to remember that, however small a concern may seem to you, it may be one of a series of concerns raised by different adults and therefore, recording such concerns enable the school to take the appropriate action to ensure that all children’s needs are being met.

Thank you for your support with safeguarding our children.

Operation Encompass is a police and education safeguarding partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse.

When the police respond to an incident of domestic abuse involving adults of any of our children, Operation Encompass ensures that there is a notification sent to the school. Information is shared with the school’s ‘Key Adult’ prior to the start of the next school day after officers have attended an incident. This sharing of information enables appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child. All information shared is treated with the strictest confidence and any follow up is handled extremely sensitively.

Children are negatively impacted by experiencing domestic abuse and without early intervention and support, this negative impact can last through a child’s life course.  Domestic abuse can impact upon social, psychological, physical, emotional and behavioural outcomes with an often negative impact upon a child’s academic success. Experiencing domestic abuse has been identified as an Adverse Childhood Experience.

Operation Encompass aims, by directly connecting police and schools, to secure better outcomes for children, to enable schools to better understand the impact living with domestic abuse has upon children, to help schools to better understand a child’s lived experience and to therefore be able to support and nurture each child, making a child’s day better and giving them a better tomorrow