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Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility…..ACT. 

Everyone at Knowleswood aims to keep children and young people safe, by contributing to providing a safe learning environment and by identifying those who are suffering, or likely to suffer significant harm. Staff are trained to take appropriate action, to make sure children are kept safe both at home and at school. Achieving these aims requires the school to have clear systems to:

  • prevent unsuitable people working with children and young people,
  • promote safe practice and challenge poor and unsafe practice,
  • identify instances in which there are grounds for concern about a child’s welfare,
  • initiate/take appropriate action to keep them safe and contribute to effective partnership working between all those providing services for children and young people.

Advice for Children

Every child has a right to be safe. Safeguarding means keeping you safe from any type of harm. All adults have a responsibility to protect you and it is the job of your parents or carers and adults such as teachers, learning mentors, doctors, nurses, social workers, police officers, faith leaders and sports coaches to ensure that you are safe.

Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, whether you are at home, school or are chatting online, you have the right to grow up safe from people hurting you or failing to ensure that you are cared for.

If you are worried about something that is happening to you or someone you know, you don’t have to deal with it on your own – visit the Childline website for advice: www.childline.org.uk 

You can also find other information here:

Safer Bradford - Young people

Advice for Parents/Carers and Others

Worried about a child? 

If you’re worried that a child or young person is at risk or is being abused contact the Bradford Children’s Social Care Team on:

01274 433999 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm)

01274 431010 (Out of hours)

You’ll be asked for your details, but you can choose not to share them.

Call 999 if the child is at immediate risk, or call the police on 101 if you think a crime has been committed.

Talk to us about a child or young person – public | Bradford Children and Families Trust

The Safer Bradford website provides additional information on what to do if you are worried about a child. It also has information on Domestic Abuse and how to report a hate crime. 

Safer Bradford - Home

Key Staff in School

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): Leanne Truesdale (Deputy Head Teacher)

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads: Ryan Lewis (Head Teacher), Lisa Donoghue (Attendance Officer)

email: safeguarding@knowleswoodacademy.co.uk

The main work of the Safeguarding Team

  1. Make sure all staff are aware how to raise safeguarding concern
  2. Ensure all staff understand the symptoms of child abuse and neglect
  3. Refer any concerns to social care
  4. Monitor children who are the subject of child protection plans
  5. Maintain accurate and secure child protection records

We also do lots of work with children to ensure they understand how to keep safe. This includes, visits from the Fire Service, Police and Water Safety Team to compliment our weekly PSHE lessons (including PolEd) and 'Safeguarding Question Of The Week'. 

Working together to keep children safe

Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies, when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.

What if I need someone else to collect my child?

Children are only allowed to be collected by people (over 16) who are named on their contact list. If someone different is collecting your child, you must contact the school office before home time. If someone unknown arrives, without notification, they will be asked to wait until parental consent is gained. Siblings under 16 are not permitted to collect unless your child is in Y5 or Y6 and has consent to walk home.

Further Advice

The link below is to impartial service offering advice, information and signposting to children, young people and families within the Bradford district. Here you can find information and advice pages for all aspects of family life, a service directory and a guide to local activities and events. If you can't find what you are looking for, we are here to help!

Home | Bradford Families and Young Persons

The Bradford Council Living Well website is a source of information for lots of health related subjects. There is a quiz section which covers a range of health topics which can help you to see areas where you might want to make changes. You can create an account to save your quiz results and also set personal goals with actions along the way.

You can access Bradford Council Living Well Services: Living Well Advisers, BEEP Exercise referral, help to quit smoking, weight management support and the Children and Families Adviser service. There’s also lots of information about local community groups, services and activities in the resources section.

Home • Living Well • Bradford District

We all know how hard it is being a parent. The NSPCC has a wide range of support - their parenting guides could be of interest:

Support & advice for parents | NSPCC

Positive parenting

Domestic Violence

West Yorkshire Police have created a simple online form to enable people to report domestic abuse directly to them and as an alternative to speaking on the phone.

The information people provide on the form will be dealt with in the same way as any other report of domestic abuse.

Link: Report Domestic Abuse

'Bradford District domestic abuse and sexual violence' support group work with victims of and survivors of domestic violence.

Home - Bradford DASV

We recognise that children who witness Domestic Abuse are also victims and therefore we work closely with West Yorkshire Police and Victim Support Services. We are made aware, by the police, of pupils who have been exposed to Domestic Violence. We offer support to victims of domestic violence. Please contact our safeguarding team should you need to access support. 

Parental Separation

The 'Separating Better' APP (link below) is designed to offer self-guided support for parents who are considering separation or are in the early stages of separation. The APP app offers emotional support and practical guidance. 

Separating better | OnePlusOne

Finances

The rising cost of everything is making it difficult to make ends meet. In this booklet from Bradford Council you can learn about some of the help there is in the district, some handy hints and tips to help you.

Cost of Living Bradford - Helping Bradford District residents get through the Cost of Living Crisis.

Family Hubs

A family hub is a place, or a group of places across the district, where local families along with their children and young people can go and receive the help and support they may need, as well as enjoying the facilities and activities we have on offer.

The Bradford Council Family Hubs are designed to bring lots of services together, to work with families from conception, through childhood into young people. Family hubs aim to make a positive difference for families by offering a wide range of services close to where you live.

Family Hubs | Bradford Council

Early Help

What is Early Help?

Early Help is the support provided for children, young people and their families to respond when difficulties emerge or to stop problems developing in the future. This support can be provided at any point in a child’s life to stop small problems getting bigger.

Early Help support is a partnership approach. All agencies that work with children, young people and families are responsible for listening to your concerns and worries. They will work closely with you to make sure that you and your family get the right support at the right time.

Why Would I want Early Help?

  • You are worried about your or your child or family member’s health, development, behaviour or how things are going at school
  • You are worried about money or housing and how it is affecting your family
  • You or your child or family is affected by domestic abuse, drugs, alcohol or crime
  • You have had bereavement in the family that has made life challenging
  • You are caring for a disabled child or you are a young person caring for other people

Find out more: Early Help | Bradford Children and Families Trust

Medicines in School

At Knowleswood Primary School we are an inclusive community that aims to support and welcome pupils with medical conditions.

We aim to provide all pupils with all medical conditions the same opportunities as others at school. We will help to ensure they can through the following:

  • The school ensures all staff understand their duty of care to children and young people in the event of an emergency.
  • All staff feel confident in knowing what to do in an emergency.
  • The school understands that certain medical conditions are serious and can be potentially life threatening, particularly if ill managed or misunderstood.
  • The school understands the importance of medication being taken as prescribed.
  • All staff understand the common medical conditions that affect children/young people at this school. This school allows adequate time for staff to receive training on the impact medical conditions can have on pupils.
  • Staff receive additional training about any children/young people they may be working with who have complex medical needs supported by an Individual Health Plan (IHP).

If your child requires medication during the school day, please contact the school office who will advise you on what you need to do. Please note, if your child requires medication administered 1-3 times per day we ask this is carried out at home.

Use of your child's photo

Whilst lots of parents and carers really enjoy seeing photos and videos of their children’s school life we are very mindful of our duty of care towards all our pupils. We take the issue of safeguarding very seriously and this includes the use of photographic and video images.

Any photographs or videos taken by parents, carers and relatives at school productions, sports days or other events are for the enjoyment of individual families. They must not be used in any way that could potentially place a child at risk. This would include publishing images in any form of print or on the internet including social networking sites. This is emphasised before concerts and shows etc and where practical a record of parents and relatives taking photographs or videos is made.

We understand that in exceptional circumstances a parent or carer may not wish their child to be photographed or videoed in this way. If this is the case then please ensure the school office are informed of your wishes.

Occasionally, the local press will be invited to take photographs of school events and special achievements. We like to use photographs of our children on our website, in school documents, for parent information meetings, newsletters and on our display screens around the school. If you do not wish photographs of your child to be used for these purposes, then again, please ensure the school office are clear on your wishes.

Further Mental Health & Wellbeing Support 

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