Safeguarding

Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms J Watkins (Vice Principal)

Safeguarding Team:

Mr I. Cooper (Principal)

Mrs J. Watkins (Vice Principal)
Mrs P. Steele (Learning Mentor)

Ms J. Brown (Chair of Governors)
Ms K.Mannion (Safeguarding Governor)

The School has a Safeguarding Team to ensure that Knowsley School’s Safeguarding Charter is adhered to and followed. It is our priority to keep children and adults ‘safe’.

• Work in partnership with other agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in keeping with the KSCB’s ‘Levels of Need Framework’ to secure improved outcomes for young people
   
• Ensure that safer recruitment practices and safeguarding policies and procedures set out a culture of vigilance and challenge
   
• Provide induction and regular training that enable all adults to recognise signs of abuse and neglect; act in the interests of the child and maintain an attitude ‘it could happen here’
   
• Work collaboratively with other agencies to promote early help for young people and families before their needs escalate to a point where intervention would be needed via a statutory assessment
   
• Challenge ourselves and others to ensure actions are completed in a timely way and press for reconsideration if the situation does not improve
   
• Quality assure all safeguarding practices including maintaining support and oversight of the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Safeguarding Team, their actions, decisions and record keeping
   
• Ensure all adults working with young people follow an agreed code of conduct that promotes safe working practices and makes responsibilities and expectations clear, including the understanding that anyone can make a referral
   
• Complete any actions arising from the Local Authority’s 175 Safeguarding Audit in order to ensure policies and procedures follow KSCB Local Authority and statutory guidance 
   
• Implement any learning arising from serious case reviews, for example the need to listen and respond to the views of children, especially when assessing their needs
   
• Provide students with a curriculum which promotes their safeguarding and enables them to maintain healthy relationships

The school safeguarding team meet every weekly to complete a 'Supervision Meeting' to discuss any concerns or ongoing issues. However, every member of staff is responsible for ensuring the safety and the welfare of all our children at Whiston Willis Primary Academy.

Inclusion

Whiston Willis Primary Academy is committed to ensuring the best possible education for all pupils regardless of ability, background, ethnicity, gender or disability.  We continually monitor the progress of all pupils and take steps to intervene where there is evidence that individuals or groups are falling behind.  Our school ‘Inclusion Team’ that consists of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCO) and one Learning Mentor  liaise with parents and external agencies to provide additional support for children who require it.  We also acknowledge that some children will be more able (‘Gifted and Talented’) and we aim to ensure that these children’s needs are also well catered for.

A copy of our Special Educational Needs Policy and Equality Policies are available in the ‘Statutory Policies’ section of the website.