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Safeguarding

Safeguarding at Eskdale Junior School

At Eskdale Junior School, safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do and is supported by our Take Care value. Every child deserves to feel safe, respected, supported and protected from harm, and we are committed to creating an environment where pupils thrive academically and personally.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility — staff, governors, parents, carers, and visitors all play a vital role in keeping children safe.

We are dedicated to:

  • Protecting children from harm
  • Promoting the welfare of every pupil
  • Maintaining a safe, nurturing learning environment
  • Ensuring all staff receive regular, high‑quality safeguarding training
  • Working closely with families and external agencies

Safeguarding Team at Eskdale Junior School

Our trained safeguarding team is always available to support pupils, staff, and families.

Role

Name

  

Headteacher/ Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Mr R Scruton

  

SENDco/Deputy DSL

Mrs J Bennett

  

Safeguarding Governor

Mr J Allum

  

Online Safety Lead

Mrs S Briggs

  

What Safeguarding Means at Eskdale Junior

We follow statutory guidance including:

  • Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
  • Working Together to Safeguard Children
  • Prevent Duty Guidance

Safeguarding at Eskdale Junior includes:

  • Child protection
  • Online safety
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Attendance and punctuality
  • Safer recruitment
  • Anti‑bullying
  • Health & safety
  • Managing allegations
 

Supporting Mental Health & Wellbeing

 We believe that being mentally healthy and achieving emotional wellbeing is essential for successful academic and personal development at Eskdale Junior.

Our support includes:

  • Daily pastoral care and ‘check‑ins’.
  • Mental health and emotional support from trained staff through both structured ELSA sessions and more informal support such as Take Care Club.
  • Assembly themes such as Feelings, Stress or Happiness.
  • Dedicated days such as Safer Internet Day, World Mental Health Day and Children’s Mental Health Day.
  • PSHE curriculum
  • Partnerships with external mental health services such as the Family Service and national charities such as Place2Be

 If you feel your child needs support with managing their mental health or emotional well-being, please contact school:

0115 917 9272
mail@eskdale.notts.sch.uk

We’re here to help.

 

Online Safety at Eskdale Junior

We teach children how to stay safe online through:

  • Our Curriculum: Computing (Project Evolve) and PSHE lessons
  • Assembly themes
  • Dedicated days such as Safer Internet Day
  • Parent information through our monthly Online Safety Newsletter and website content.
  • Age‑appropriate resources and guidance

Our Online Safety Lead, Mrs S Briggs, oversees our online safety curriculum and ensures pupils learn how to navigate the digital world safely.

Click here for our online safety guidance page

Report online abuse

CEOP helps any child or young person under the age of 18 who is being pressured, forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity of any kind. This can be something that has taken place either online or in ‘the real world’, or both. The CEOP Safety Centre has clear information and advice on what can be reported to CEOP, the reporting process and what will happen if you do decide to make a report. You can visit the CEOP Safety Centre and report directly using the link below:

https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/

 

The Prevent Duty

The Prevent duty is part of the Government’s wider safeguarding approach. It requires all schools to help protect children from the risk of radicalisation and extremist ideas. At Eskdale Junior school, this is treated just like any other safeguarding responsibility — keeping pupils safe, supported, and able to thrive.

 What This Means in Practice

  • Promoting our core values – We teach children about respect, tolerance, and understanding different viewpoints.
  • Keeping pupils safe – Staff are trained to notice when a child may be vulnerable to harmful influences, including extremist ideologies, and to act early if they have concerns.
  • Working within our safeguarding systems  - Any concerns about radicalisation are handled through our safeguarding procedures.
  • Building resilience - Through our curriculum and school values, we help children develop the confidence and skills to question and challenge unsafe or extreme ideas

How can you help?

It is important that we all work together, so that we can protect our communities. There are many ways you can help:

  • You can get in touch with your local neighbourhood or Prevent team for advice and support, if you are worried about someone you know who you believe may be vulnerable to radicalisation.
  • You can speak to your local officers or Prevent contact about helping run community events to bring people from different communities together.
  • You can provide facilities that could help us and our partners hold community engagement events.

Safeguarding Policies

 

Our key safeguarding documents include:

  • Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy
  • Online Safety Policy
  • Anti‑Bullying Policy
  • Behaviour Policy
  • Attendance Policy
  • Prevent Duty Statement

Paper copies of these can be provided on request.

 

Visitors & Volunteers

All visitors must:

  • Sign in at reception
  • Wear a visitor badge
  • Follow our safeguarding procedures
  • Never be alone with a child unless authorised
 

Working with Families

We believe strong relationships with families help keep children safe. We work in partnership with parents to:

  • Share concerns early
  • Provide support and guidance
  • Signpost to external services
 

Contact Us

If you are worried about a child’s safety, wellbeing or have any safeguarding concerns, please contact Mr R Scruton (Senior DSL) or Mrs Bennett (Deputy DSL) immediately:

0115 917 9272 

mail@eskdale.notts.sch.uk (please type Safeguarding Concern into the subject bar)
Eskdale Junior School, Eskdale Drive, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, NG9 5NA.

 

All concerns are taken seriously and handled sensitively.

 If you have urgent concerns for a child, or suspect that a child has been abused in any way, you can also report a safeguarding concern to Nottinghamshire Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub ​by calling 0300 500 80 80 (if you are a member of the public). If you require an urgent response outside of working hours (08:30-17:00), contact the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) on 0300 456 4546. In an emergency, call 999.

https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/care/safeguarding/childrens-mash

 

Additional help, support and advice can be found on these websites:

 Childline

www.childline.org.uk

Tel: 0800 11 11

 Nottinghamshire Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)

www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/core/safeguarding/childrens-mash

Tel: 0300 500 80 90

 The Family Service

www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/care/childrens-social-care/family-services

Tel: 01623 433500

 NSPCC

www.nspcc.org.uk

Tel: 0808 800 5000

 Equation

www.junowomensaid.org.uk

Tel: 0808 800 0340

CEOP

https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/

 
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