Safeguarding

Help in School Holidays

If you have an safeguarding concern during the school holiday period, please contact Miss Allen, our Designated Safeguarding Lead on head@alvastoni.derby.sch.uk.

You can also contact Careline, based at the Royal Derby Hospital on: 01332 956606

If you believe that a child is at immediate risk and in need of protection then call the police on 999 straight away.

Child protection and safeguarding procedures are of the upmost importance at Alvaston Infant and Nursery School.
Child protection is defined as safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children by:

Protecting children from maltreatment;

Preventing impairment of children’s health or development;

Ensuring children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care: and

Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

Everyone working in, or for our school, shares an objective to help keep children and young people safe by contributing to:

Providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn in education settings;

Identifying children who may be in need of extra help, or are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm, and taking the appropriate action, working with other services as needed.

We will ensure that parents and our partner agencies are aware of our child protection policy by ensuring that it is displayed in school reception area/s, by raising awareness at initial meetings with parents of new pupils and at parent teacher meetings and ensuring that it is on the school website.

Alvaston Infant and Nursery School also offer Safeguarding Supervision sessions for staff involved in child protection work. Supervision is a regular one-to-one meeting between the Supervisor and Supervisee in order to meet school, professional and personal objectives. The supervision process is a key part of the safeguarding management system and continuous professional development within the school. Good quality supervision helps to keep the focus on the child and maintains a degree of objectivity, whilst challenging fixed views where they may arise. It also tests and assesses the evidence for assessment and decisions and address the emotional impact of work on safeguarding leads.

At Alvaston Infant and Nursery School, safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, however,
our Designated Safeguarding Leads are:

You can contact a DSL by using the school's phone number, during normal opening hours (8:00am-5:00pm). If you require urgent, out of hours assistance (e.g. school holidays or non-contactable hours), you can send an email to one of our Safeguarding Leads and we will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible. 
Please do not include any sensitive information in your email. Ideally, leave your name and contact number and someone will endeavour to respond within 48 hours. Please make the subject of your email ‘URGENT SAFEGUARDING’.

Miss Allen – Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead - head@alvastoni.derby.sch.uk

Mrs Darby – Deputy DSL and Assistant Headteacher – tdarby@alvastoni.derby.sch.uk

Mrs Simpson - Deputy DSL and School Business Manager - sbm@alvastoni.derby.sch.uk

What to do if you have concerns about a child:

If you believe that a child is at immediate risk and in need of protection then you should call the police on 999 or 101 immediately. Alternatively, if you want advice from the police and the child is not in immediate need of protection, you can call them on 0845 123 33 33

What to do if you have concerns about the Head Teacher:

Please contact the Chair of Governors on: jbland@alvastoni.derby.sch.uk or hand a sealed envelope to the school office, addressed to the Chair of Governors.

Children's Social Care and the First Contact Team

You may want to discuss your concerns with a Social Care worker. The First Contact Team deals with all concerns about Children and Young People across the city. Members of the team will help you to talk about the concerns you may have for a child and decide what actions may be required to make a child safe. You can contact the team during normal working days between 9am and 5pm on 01332 641172. At all other times concerns can be discussed with Careline, who can be contacted on 01332 786968.

Other useful contacts:

Local Authority Designated Officer -  01332 642376

Prevent – 01332 293111 or the police

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