Lodestar Academy fully recognises the responsibility we have to safeguard and promote the welfare of young people.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of the safeguarding of our pupils (or to report a concern) please call 01803 326330 and ask to speak to:
Anita Perram (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
E: anita.perram@lodestaracademy.tsat.uk
Steven Hulme (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
E: steven.hulme@lodestaracademy.tsat.uk
Beth Woodward (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
E: beth.woodward@lodestaracademy.tsat.uk
Sarah Harris (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
E: sarah.harris@lodestaracademy.tsat.uk
Lodestar Academy works with many other organisations and agencies to support and safeguard the young people with whom we work.
If you are worried about yourself or someone else, the following links may be useful in directing you to an organisation that can help:
National Online Safety
Please see below for useful documents, websites and posters regarding keeping your child safe in the online world.
Operation Encompass is a national police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Violence and Abuse and which is in place in every police force in England and Wales.
Children were recognised as victims of domestic abuse in their own right in the 2021 Domestic Abuse Act.
Operation Encompass means that the police will share information with our school about all police attended Domestic Abuse incidents which involve any of our children PRIOR to the start of the next school day.
Once a Key Adult (the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) have attended either an Operation Encompass briefing or completed the online Operation Encompass Key Adult training they will cascade the principles of Operation Encompass to all other school staff and Governors. All schools staff and Governors can undertake the online training.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead undertook training on 02.08.2020
Our parents are fully aware that we are an Operation Encompass school and we ensure that when a new child joins our school the parents/carers are informed about Operation Encompass.
The Operation Encompass information is stored in line with all other confidential safeguarding and child protection information.
As a staff we have discussed how we can support our children who are experiencing Domestic Violence and Abuse on a day-to-day basis and particularly following the Operation Encompass notification. We have used the Operation Encompass Handbooks to inform our thinking.
We are aware that we must do nothing that puts the child/ren or the non-abusing adult at risk.
The Safeguarding Governor will report on Operation Encompass in the termly report to Governors. All information is anonymised for these reports.
We have used the Operation Encompass Key Adult Responsibilities checklist to ensure that all appropriate actions have been taken by the school.
When Head Teacher, DSL or DDSLs leave the school and other staff are appointed, they will ensure that all Operation Encompass log in details is shared with the new Head Teacher /Key Adults and that the new member of staff will undertake the Operation Encompass online training.