Safeguarding & Operation Encompass
All staff regard the welfare, safety and protection of the children in our care as paramount. All staff, governors and students are DBS checked. We have Child Protection and Health and Safety policies, and co-ordinators who undertake regular training. We have qualified first-aiders. We ensure that all our equipment, resources and premises are well-maintained and of high quality and we encourage children to develop awareness of their own safety. We complete risk assessments prior to any trips away from school. Harewood Nursery has an Inclusion, Safeguarding/Child protection policy that sets out duties and responsibilities.
Harewood Nursery School child protection procedure is in accordance with the Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL):
Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads(DDSL)
Safeguarding Governor – Chair of Governors- Sarah Conway
All staff regard the welfare, safety and protection of the children in our care as paramount. Robust pre-employment checks prior to appointment are carried out, to ensure that all safeguarding checks and procedures are met. We have Child Protection and Health and Safety policies, and co-ordinators who undertake regular training. We have qualified first-aiders. We ensure that all our equipment, resources and premises are well-maintained and of high quality and we encourage children to develop awareness of their own safety. We complete risk assessments prior to any trips away from school. Harewood Nursery has an Inclusion, Safeguarding/Child protection policy that sets out duties and responsibilities.
Harewood Nursery School child protection procedure is in accordance with the Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership procedures
If you have any concerns about a child or family, please speak to one of the above staff members, at your child’s school. They can be contacted via the main school offices, (01977) 722835 by email, to: headteacher@harewood.wakefield.sch.uk (Please label the subject: FAO: DSL/Safeguarding Concern). You can also contact Social Care Direct. Any information you give will be treated with confidentiality.
Social Care Direct are open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Telephone 0845 8 503 503.
The school Designated Senior Leads for safeguarding are fully trained by Wakefield Local Authority.
The school accesses further safeguarding training for all staff throughout the school year through. Key information and training is available from the Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) website. The WSCP is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant children’s organisations in Wakefield co-operate to safeguard and promote the well-being of children and young people and to ensure the effectiveness of the work they carry out.
Operation Encompass
Useful links
Special Education Needs & Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCO)
Headteacher- Miss Natalie Godfrey
Paediatric First Aiders
Headteacher – Natalie Godfrey
Nursery Teacher – Emma McAdam
Early Years Practitioner – Eve Knight
Acting Preschool Lead – Kelsey Goodwin
Early years Practitioner – Liz Carr
Early Years Practitioner – Bev Hutchinson
Early Years Practitioner- Clare Brown
