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Safeguarding at St Wystan’s School

At St Wystan’s School, the safety and wellbeing of each pupil is of paramount importance to us; it is our collective belief that each pupil has the right to be safe, happy and supported. Our staff are fully committed to offering strong pastoral care and are vigilant to the needs of each pupil in our school. We recognise that safeguarding is the responsibility of every adult and ensure that each member of staff has up to date training on how to keep our pupils safe.

We follow safer recruitment practices, ensuring all staff are selected with the safety and well-being of our pupils firmly in mind.

Should you have a concern about a pupil, please contact a member of our safeguarding team.

Should you have a concern outside of regular school hours, please contact: safeguarding@stwystans.org.uk

These email addresses will be monitored over breaks.

During term time, this email address will be monitored from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30am and 6pm. During School holidays, monitoring will be less frequent but at least weekly. If you have a concern about a child and are not able to reach us, please call Starting Point on 01629 533190. If you believe a child is at risk, please call 999.

Operation Encompass
Our school is proud to be part of Operation Encompass, a national initiative that supports children who may have been affected by domestic abuse. Through this partnership, the police will confidentially inform the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead when a child has been present during, witnessed, or been affected by a domestic abuse incident. This enables us to provide timely and appropriate support to help safeguard the child’s wellbeing.
If you have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a child at our school, or if you would like to discuss a concern, please contact us. We will treat all information sensitively and confidentially and follow our safeguarding policies and procedures. If a child is at immediate risk of harm, contact 999. Concerns about a child can also be reported to Derbyshire Starting Point on 01629 533190 (or 01629 532600 out of hours). If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, support is available from the National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.

 

 

 

 

 

St Wystan’s Safeguarding Team

Ms Kara Lebihan
Ms Kara Lebihan
Position:
Headteacher
Qualifications:
BA (Hons), PGCE Primary QTS
Email:
Mrs Catherine Ralph
Mrs Catherine Ralph
Position:
Deputy Head | Form Two Teacher | Head of English
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons), PGCE Primary QTS
Email:
Mrs Vickie Barnatt
Position:
Safeguarding Governor

Early Help

There will always be children, young people and families that need support. Early Help is offered directly to families that require support by Derbyshire County Council. Information on Early Help can be found at the following link: Support for families and early help – Derbyshire County Council

Private Fostering

A child or young person is privately fostered if they are under 16 (or 18 if disabled) and looked after by someone who is not a close relative for 28 days or more. Whenever private arrangements like this are made, both the parent and the carer must notify the local authority of where the child is living. If you are looking after a child and think you could be a private foster carer or you are the parent of a child who is cared for by someone who is not a relative, contact Derbyshire County Council for advice: 0800 083 7744

Your needs can also be discussed confidentially with the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead.

 

 

 

Local and Regional Support and Advice

For confidential support on domestic abuse:
Derbyshire Domestic Abuse Helpline – Haven

For information about keeping children safe online:
Keeping Children Safe Online – NSPCC

For advice for parents and carers on bullying:
Anti-Bullying Alliance – Advice for Parents and Carers

For advice on child exploitation:
Parents Against Child Exploitation UK (Pace)