William Ransom Safeguarding Statement

Everyone at William Ransom Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and staff. Through our safeguarding culture, all members of our school community share this commitment. Our main priority is that all of the children in our care feel safe, secure and happy. 

To verify that all adults who work in our school are suitable, we ensure a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check has been undertaken. We also require appropriate references, explicitly referring to an adult’s suitability to work with young children. All staff are trained in child protection procedures and have the safety of the children in mind at all times. We have policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Child Protection Policy which can be viewed in the Policies section of our website. We continually audit our practice to ensure this is up to date and effective. Our Governing Body share this same level of commitment.

We may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. Where possible, we will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.

We are an Operation Encompass school. Operation Encompass is a national police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Violence and Abuse and which is in place in every police force in England and Wales.

Operation Encompass means that the police will share information with our school about all police attended Domestic Abuse incidents which involve any of our children PRIOR to the start of the next school day.

 

Our Safeguarding Team

At William Ransom we have a Safeguarding Team who work with our children, families and outside agencies.  They also support all of the staff in ensuring we provide the best care for our children.

• The Designated Safeguarding Lead is Tony Plunkett (Headteacher)
   
• The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are
  • Julie Hall (Deputy Headteacher)          
  • Victoria Wheat (Deputy Headteacher)
  • Claire Gunn (Early Years Lead)
  • Diana Delaney (SENDC)
• Our Safeguarding Governor is Jane Buchanan, who monitors that the school meets all statutory requirements in regard to Safeguarding.

All of the adults in our school help to keep children safe. They are trained in Prevent (radicalisation) and to at least Level 1 Child Protection.

 

Useful links for parents

• The NSPCC offers helpful information for parents and carers on a range of issues, such as internet safety, protecting children at home and positive parenting tips. To view go to: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/
• CEOP provide a lot of useful information for Online Safety. To view go to: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
• Look on the Families First website for helpful guidance: Families First Website
• William Ransom Child Protection policy can be found here

 

Reporting a concern

Should you have any concerns of a safeguarding nature you would be welcome to discuss these at any time with any member of the William Ransom Safeguarding Team.

For serious concerns anyone can contact Hertfordshire children’s services on 0300 123 4043 (24 hours a day).

Click on the image to view the Safeguarding team.