Safeguarding Overview
At Highfield Primary School, we strive to ensure that all our pupils remain safe and free from harm and we are committed to playing a full and active part in the multi-agency response to child protection concerns.
As part of this commitment, we have our school policies and guidelines, which can be accessed by Clicking Here.
We also ensure that we follow Government and local authority policies and guidelines, which can be accessed by Clicking Here!
At Highfield, we deal with any Safeguarding concerns by following the Framework for Action, as devised by Bolton Children’s Safeguarding Partnership (BCSP). A copy of this can be found in within our Government Policies and Guidelines section.
When concerns are raised the following model is used to grade level of need and the support/agency to be accessed.
An explanation of each stage is clarified here
Managing Allegations
If a child makes a safeguarding disclosure an adult at school or out of school the following procedure takes place.
The purpose of Operation Encompass is to safeguard and support children and young people who have been involved in or witness to a domestic abuse incident. have been involved in or witness to a domestic abuse incident. Operation Encompass has been created to address this situation. Please click on the icon for more information
At Highfield, we aim to address Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Forced Marriage and Prevent Duty through effective staff training, sharing leaflets with parents on our school website and by identifying and addressing these issues as and when they may arise by following school procedures and contacting the relevant authorities.
