At Scarborough Pupil Referral Service, we are committed to safeguarding the welfare of all of our pupils.
What is safeguarding?
The NSPCC defines safeguarding as “the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.”
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility
SPRS Aim to:
- Protect children from abuse and maltreatment.
- Ensure all pupils at SPRS are safe and all child protection procedures are in place, updated and monitored as appropriate
- Ensure all staff are kept up to date and trained in school policy and procedure in regard to safeguarding and child protection
- Named staff are to give advice and support in a confidential and non-judgemental manner.
- Available to provide support to pupil
- Tips for parents whose children are struggling to attend school | Children’s Commissioner for England
- The Go-To – Emotional wellbeing and mental health
- Childline | Childline
- Protect Childrens Health: Advice for parents – PACE
- Face up 2 it
- Parent Zone | At the heart of digital family life
- NY Rise – North Yorkshire Horizons
- Healthy Schools Home > Healthy Schools North Yorkshire
- Yorkshire Water – Water Safety
- Safety education – Network Rail
- Road safety | North Yorkshire Council
- Online courses for parents – Solihull Approach | Parenting
North Yorkshire LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer) – 01609 533080
Out of Hours emergency contacts
- Early Help & Safeguarding Hub: 01609 534852
- Emergency Duty team: 0300 131 2 131
- Child in immediate danger: 999
- Police non-emergency: 101
Other useful numbers for information:
- Childline: 0800 11 11
- The Samaritans: 116 123
- NSPCC: 0808 800 5000
At SPRS we recognise our wider responsibilities and understand the importance of recognising and responding to pupils who may be vulnerable to radicalisation.
The staff at SPRS have all taken part in training that has been provided by the Home Office, this is updated on a 3 yearly basis and part of the induction of all new staff. This is a continuous programme as case studies and updates are shared frequently with all staff. If a member of staff felt there was a need for a report to be completed this would be discussed with the DSL and through discussion an appropriate referral through the Channel programme may potentially be made.