Rockcliffe First School

Ensuring that your child feels safe and secure at school is a key priority. All staff, both teaching and non-teaching, receive regular training to make sure they have an up to date knowledge of current safeguarding best practice in schools. Training is provided by both North Tyneside Council's Safeguarding team, external agencies and the school's Safeguarding Leads. Members of the Governing Body and the Head Teacher also receive regular ‘safer recruitment’ training to ensure the selection process to recruit new member of staff includes important safeguarding checks.

Through our curriculum we teach our children how to stay safe, keep healthy, be aware of current issues and influences and be prepared to be responsible digital citizens when working online.

Rockcliffe First School Child Protection Policy

Policies

If you ever have a concern about child safety or safety on the school site, please bring it to the immediate attention of a member of staff, so it can be responded to as soon as possible.

If it is out of school hours and you are unable to contact a member of staff, you can report any concerns directly to North Tyneside Council's Children's Services here:

North Tyneside Front Door Service

Rockcliffe Safeguarding Leads

North Tyneside Council

North Tyneside Council have many services to support the Safeguarding of children.

You can find more information here: North Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership

NSPCC

The NPSCC provides support and tips to help you keep children safe. From advice on children’s mental health to staying safe online, support for parents and what to do if you’re worried about a child, you can access information here.

They are available any time on: 0808 800 5000

Operation Encompass

Rockcliffe First School participates in Operation Encompass. This is an innovative project in which schools in Northumberland are participating, and
which is run in partnership with Northumberland County Council and Northumbria Police.

The project aims to support children who are affected by domestic abuse. Witnessing domestic abuse is distressing for a child or young person who often see the abuse, hear it from another room, see a parent’s injuries or distress afterwards or can be physically hurt trying to stop the abuse. As a result, following any domestic abuse incident being reported to the police, they will make contact with Children’s Social Care Front Door service who will then communicate relevant and necessary information to nominated school staff. This will ensure that the school is made aware at the earliest possible opportunity and can subsequently provide support to children in a way that means they feel safe and listened to.

Each school has members of staff who have been fully trained in liaising with police and children’s social care when required and will ensure that the necessary support is made available to the child following the disclosure of a domestic abuse incident.

We believe that this project demonstrates our school’s commitment to working in partnership to safeguard and protect children, and to providing the best possible care and support for our pupils.

You can also find out more information regarding the support that is available for adults and children here.

Online Safety

Digital Citizenship and e-Safety plays an important role in our curriculum in helping pupils learn how to keep themselves safe, in a rapidly changing world that is heavily reliant on the internet and the use of information technology.

To hep support you, and your child, with useful guides about e-safety, parental controls and becoming responsible digital citizens, the following websites provide a wealth or information and guides: