At Salcombe C of E Primary School, we strongly recognise the need for vigilant awareness of safeguarding issues. All staff and volunteers have received appropriate training and induction so that they understand their roles and responsibilities and are confident about carrying them out. Staff, pupils, parents, volunteers and governors feel secure that they can raise any issues or concerns about the safety or welfare of children and know that they will be listened to and taken seriously. This is achieved by maintaining an ethos of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. At our school we are not afraid to challenge each other to keep our children safe.

We all have a safeguarding responsibility and have a duty to refer any safeguarding issues to external agencies that need to be involved.

At Salcombe C of E Primary, we are committed to ensuring that all children are safe during their time with us. Our safeguarding covers many aspects including:

• Recruiting staff and volunteers
• Allowing visitors into the school
• Checking attendance and following up any low attendance
• Ensuring play-times are safe and enjoyable for all pupils
• Educating our pupils about bullying, on line safety, staying safe in the community, drug and alcohol awareness and health education
• Training staff and volunteers

Our procedures for visitors, volunteers and parents:

• All parents, volunteers and visitors who come into the main school MUST sign in via the main reception and have the relevant lanyard given to them to wear. The only exception is Friday Recognition Worship, open classrooms and productions where an adult will be around to guide parents and visitors into the hall. 
• There will be no direct access to the classrooms before or after school.  All access to the school must be through the main office. There will be staff on the playground who will greet children at the beginning and end of the day and who are available to pass messages on to other teachers. 
• Mobile phones or recording devices should not be used by any parents or visitors.  The exception to this is during school performances however this should never be put onto social media and should only be of your child.
• Volunteers will only be allowed into school to help with our children once they have had this training.  All volunteers must have a visible lanyard on them at all times so children are aware that they are safe to be around.

Visitor’s information: Safeguarding

While visitors are with us, please ensure the following values are upheld:

• All children have the right to be safe, no matter who they are or what their circumstances
• Keeping children safe is everyone's responsibility
• We all need to listen to children; even though we may not be comfortable with what we hear
• During your time at school, we kindly ask that you do not use your mobile phones. If you do need to use it, then please to go the school office or approach a member of staff and they will direct you to an appropriate room
• At our school, these are the adults who you should speak with if you hear or see something that causes you a concern including how adults conduct themselves

Safeguarding Protocol

Before letting a visitor into the school, we will make sure:

• that ID is checked
• the school's safeguarding procedures will be given to the visitor to read
• visitors must sign that they have read and understood the safeguarding procedures
• that the school's policy in the use of mobile devices is clarified while visiting
• that the visitor lanyard is required to be worn where it can be seen at all times
• that should a concern exist about a child or adult, any visitor return to reception so that a DSL team member can be found
• visitors must return their lanyards when leaving the school premises

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful events occurring in childhood including:

- domestic violence

- parental abandonment through separation or divorce

- a parent with a mental health condition

- being the victim of abuse (physical, sexual and/or emotional)

- being the victim of neglect (physical and emotional)

- a member of the household being in prison

- growing up in a household in which there are adults experiencing alcohol and drug use problems

As a school it is our duty of care to safeguard children from ACEs as best as we can. If you feel that you or a member of your family need support, please come into school and speak to Mr Pugsley or one of the staff team. We can support you to make your child's childhood experiences more positive.

MASH

Devon's multi agency safeguarding hub is called MASH, if you are concerned about a child please visit their website for advice or call MASH on 03451551071.

CAP UK

At Salcombe C of E Primary School we use Devon CAP UK. CAP UK (Child Assault Prevention Project) is a community project in Devon that brings parents/carers, school staff and children together to understand how to effectively reduce children’s vulnerability to child abuse and build safer communities for children. For more information please visit CAP UK.

Early Help

What is Early Help?

Early Help means taking action to support a child, young person or their family early in the life of a problem, as soon as it emerges. It can be required at any stage in a child's life from pre-birth to adulthood, and applies to any problem or need that the family cannot deal with or meet on their own. For more information please visit the early help intervention page on the NSPCC website.

NSPCC

Child Sexual Exploitation

For more information please visit, preventing abuse and neglect on the NSPCC website.

Protecting Children from Radicalisation

NSPCC: For more information on protecting children from radicalisation please visit the NSPCC website page.

CHILDLINE: For more information on protecting children from radicalisation please visit Childline website page.

Operation Encompass

Our school is part of a project that runs jointly between schools and Devon and Cornwall Police

Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has exposed to, or involved in, any domestic incident.

Operation Encompass will ensure that a member of the school staff, known as a Key Adult, is trained to allow them to liaise with the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence, while ensuring that the school is able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been involved in, or exposed to, a domestic abuse incident.

We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and we believe this will be extremely beneficial for all those involved. For more information please visit the Operation Encompass website.

County Lines

County lines is when criminals from major cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, London and Birmingham expand their drug networks to other areas of the country. This activity brings violence, exploitation and abuse to rural communities. County line networks are having a massive impact on rural counties. For more information please visit the Children Society website.