Safeguarding
Forest Park Primary Safeguarding Team
Ms S. Vorajee — Headteacher, Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mr S. Thomas - Deputy Headteacher
Mrs C. Moss - Deputy Headteacher
Miss N. Bloor - Family Support, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Governor with specific responsibility for Safeguarding
Mrs J Peterson - Chair of Governors - contact via the school: admin@forestpark.orchardct.org.uk or 01782 234979
Forest Park Primary School are committed to providing a secure environment for our pupils, where they feel safe and are kept safe. All staff members at Forest Park Primary School recognise that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, irrespective of the role they are responsible for and whether or not their role has direct or indirect contact with children and young people.
There is no subject of greater importance to Forest Park Primary than the safety of our pupils.
Safeguarding our pupils inside as well as outside of school remains high on our agenda and will continue to do so.
Click here for our child protection and safeguarding policy and other policies
Forest Park Primary School is part of Operation Encompass, which is a national scheme that operates jointly between schools and police forces.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to the start of the next school day, when a child or young person has experienced domestic abuse.
As an educational setting, we have ensured that members of our Safeguarding Team have been trained in the Operation Encompass procedures allowing us to then use the information that has been shared, in confidence, to support the child/ren in our care.
The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 identifies children who experience domestic abuse as victims of domestic abuse in their own right.
On 24 May 2024 Royal Assent was granted to The Victims and Prisoners Act. The Act placed Operation Encompass into Law.
This places a statutory obligation on police forces to share Operation Encompass notifications with schools/educational settings.
We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and through Operation Encompass we will be able to provide the best possible support to our children.
If you have any questions regarding Operation Encompass, please come and see a member of the Safeguarding team.
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