Safeguarding

Do you have an immediate safeguarding concern?

Please contact the BCP Safeguarding team - 'Children's First Response' Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub on: 01202 123334 

For urgent referrals regarding Child Protection: 

• IN AN EMERGENCY or if you believe a child is at immediate risk of harm call the Police on 999

For Out of Hours (after 5pm, Saturday, Sundays and Bank Holidays):

• Please phone 01202 738256

• Safeguarding Policies

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025-26

This document is statutory guidance that schools and colleges in England must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Please access this on the link below.

• Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025

Operation Encompass: Incidents of Domestic Abuse

“Operation Encompass ensures that there is a simple telephone call or notification to a school’s trained Designated Safeguarding Lead /Officer (known as key Adult) prior to the start of the next school day after an incident of police attended domestic abuse where there are children related to either of the adult parties involved.
Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse.
Information is shared with a school’s Key Adult (Designated Safeguarding Lead or Officer) prior to the start of the next school day after officers have attended a domestic abuse incident. This sharing of information enables appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child.
Children are negatively impacted by experiencing domestic abuse and without early intervention and support this negative impact can last through a child’s life course.  Domestic abuse can impact upon social, psychological, physical, emotional and behavioural outcomes with an often negative impact upon a child’s academic success. Experiencing domestic abuse has been identified as an Adverse Childhood Experience.
Operation Encompass aims, by directly connecting police and schools, to secure better outcomes for children, to enable schools to better understand the impact living with domestic abuse has upon children, to help schools to better understand a child’s lived experience and to therefore be able to support and nurture each child, making a child’s day better and giving them a better tomorrow.
Our aim is to have Operation Encompass in every force, in every school, for every child no matter where they live. It is simply every child’s right.” – Elizabeth and David Carney-Haworth.  Twin Sails Infant & Nursery and Hamworthy Park Junior School are part of Operation Encompass.

National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000247, Poole Domestic Abuse Outreach: 01202 710777.

County Lines

'County Lines'. This is a major safeguarding issue in our country and county currently. Children as young as 7 are being put in danger by criminals who are taking advantage of how innocent and inexperienced these young people are. Any child can be exploited, regardless of their background. 

• County Lines - Please click the link for more information on County Lines

Please click on the link below to take you to our Safeguarding Policies

Keeping Children Safe in Education Parent Leaflet 

Keeping Children Safe in Education - Other languages are available upon request

Safeguarding in the Curriculum
Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do at Hamworthy Primary Schools. Huge importance is placed on identifying opportunities in the taught curriculum for children to learn how to keep themselves safe. 

Our assemblies provide lots of opportunities for for children to explore values, and moral concepts that positively impact on their safeguarding. For example:

• Bicycle and rail safety (including Bikeability and visits from National Rail)
• Road safety - how to cross the road and safely use pavements
• Bonfire Night safety
• Poolside, swimming and beach safety through swimming lessons and assemblies from the RNLI 
• NSPCC PANTS assemblies
• Plays and shows by year group, dealing with topics such as bullying and the use of social media. 
• Sun Safe awareness
• Fire safety awareness (including visits from the local Fire Service)
• Work with the Dorset Mental Health Team, particularly around transition to Secondary School for our Year 6 children in the Summer Term.
• Mental Health Awareness Day (10th October)
• Safe use of technology and the Internet
• Kindness Week - Celebrating the differences in everyone, understanding bullying and how to deal with it.

Peer Mediator Training
When the children reach Year 6, they have the opportunity to be a Peer Mediator.

Peer Mediators are trained in conflict resolution techniques to help resolve low level conflicts, address bullying, and prevent arguments in the playground. Peer Mediation is a powerful, positive initiation because it offers effective life skills, conflict resolution tools and supports anti-bullying strategies.

What does the job involve?
Children in the playground can, at times, feel they would rather ask a Peer Mediator to help resolve their issues with a friend. The mediation process involves two Peer Mediators sitting in a quiet area with the children involved and finding a resolution. If the mediators feel that they are not able to resolve the conflict, it is referred to a member of staff. However, we find that often the mediators are able to resolve the situations themselves.

Year 6 Peer Mediator Training

Paul Stevens Visits Year 5

Children in Year 5 and 6 regularly receive visits from Paul Stevens, who brings issues such as bullying and social media use to life through engaging plays and performances. The active participation from the children ensure that everyone benefits and can explore the key themes within a safe environment. The children warm quickly to Paul's quick humour and refreshing plays, with a question and answer session afterwards. 

Paul Stevens Visits Year 5

Swim Safety

In the Autumn Term, we welcomed staff from Individuality to teach the children about water safety in and around swimming pools. 
In the Summer Term, we look forward to welcoming the RNLI to teach the children about sea and beach safety.

NSPCC PANTS

The children across both schools have regular assemblies on keeping safe. We do this by using the NSPCC Pants rule to engage the children and keep the message clear and understandable. You can learn more about the PANTS rule by clicking below.

• Personal, Social, Health & Relationship Education

Anti-Bullying

We believe that bullying of any kind is unacceptable. Our school is committed to providing a safe, caring and friendly environment for all staff and pupils, volunteers and governors. Bullying is an unacceptable behaviour and will not be tolerated in our school. Staff will use every opportunity to reinforce this message. The school’s aim is to prevent bullying and harassment occurring by encouraging children to respect one another, other adults and the community at large.

Our Behaviour and Anti-Bullying Policy can be found when clicking the link below.

Anti-Bullying Week

Last year the theme for anti-bullying week was 'Make a noise about bullying.' During the week all classes participated in activities including creating a decoration with a kind message or saying for our school 'kindness tree'. The message throughout the week was that 'together, we can make a difference and take a stand against bullying'. Anti-bullying alliance

Online Safety

At Hamworthy Primary Schools, we have security measures in place and filtering that helps safeguard pupils from potential dangers and unsuitable materials. Any online safety incidents are recorded and managed in accordance with our E-Safety policy.

We believe that it is hugely important for children growing up in today's digital world to know and understand how to use the internet safely. We have therefore taken positive steps in our learning to ensure that risks are minimalized by educating and empowering our children to use the Internet with care.  Our staff receive regular training and updates regarding new Internet Safety information.

Our 'Online Safety Champions' are:

Miss Atwill (Twin Sails Infant School and Nursery)
Mr Rogers (Hamworthy Park Junior School)
They work hard to help keep everyone safe online by leading regular assemblies, organising Online Safety days and ensuring all children know the 'Internet Awesome' rules.

Click here to view our policies.

Online Safety Hub

We know how important it is to keep children safe online, and we want to make sure our upcoming online Information Session answers the questions that matter the most to you.

Hopefully, you’ve all managed to look at our new Online Safety Hub (OSH) for parents. If you haven’t yet used this new resource, this is a link to it: https://hamwic.onlinesafetyhub.uk/
In the New Year, experts in online safeguarding from the OSH will host a trust-wide event designed for parents and this is your chance to shape the content of the session.

Would you like information on Roblox, YouTube, social media safety, or cyberbullying? Or maybe something else? Tell us what you want to learn more about by completing this short survey:
Parent Survey Online Information Session on Pupil Online Safety – Fill in form

Don’t miss the chance to influence the content - please complete the survey by Wednesday 3rd December
Together, we’re building a safer digital space for every child. Thank you for contributing.

Ways to help keep your child safe on the internet at home

•  Ask for permission to use a device and discuss what websites/apps they will be accessing.
• Use child friendly search engines such as Swiggle.
• Keep private information private - address, full name, where they go to school etc.
• Tell you immediately if they see something that they don't like/doesn't feel right.

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At school

• The school has a filtering system to block inappropriate content.
• Each year group has an e-safety curriculum to teach children about keeping themselves safe online.
• The 'Internet Awesome' charter is discussed with all children..
• Children explore internet safety through PSHE lessons.

Miss Atwill and Mr Rogers are CEOP Education Ambassadors, receiving the training that has provided them with the knowledge, skills and resources to become the leads within their organisation for training and information relating to online child sexual abuse.

They also lead assemblies for the children, focussing on our 'Internet Awesome' Charter and strengthening understanding through use of the resources created by CEOP for the different age groups.

Twin Sails children have been enjoying the adventures of Jesse and Friends and at Hamworthy Park they have been watching the 'Like, Play, Share' films.
The videos explore the potential dangers for children when navigating the online world and they support their understanding in a friendly and reassuring way. 
All these resources, including a game for the Junior School children called 'Band Runner', can be found on the website CEOP Education (thinkuknow.co.uk). 

 

Helpful links:

Thinkuknow:

Thinkuknow is the national online safety education programme from CEOP, the online child protection command of the National Crime Agency. Thinkuknow helps parents, carers, teachers and others keep children safe from online abuse, offering learning activities, advice and support for children and young people aged 4-18 and their families.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/globalassets/professional/thinkuknow_primary_parents_helpsheet.pdf

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/support-your-child-at-home/

Parent Info
Parent Info provides support and advice to parents, with contributions from the leading experts and organisations in matters related to young people and families in a digital world.
parentinfo.org

Collection of guidance for educational settings on GOV.​UK
All of the Department for Education’s coronavirus guidance for educational settings can now be found in one place on GOV.​UK at:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-schools-and-other-educational-settings

Common Sense Media
A website that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.
Common Sense Media: Age-Based Media Reviews for Families

CEOP
CEOP is here to keep children safe from sexual abuse and grooming online. You can make a report directly to the CEOP Safety Centre by clicking on the Click CEOP button if something has happened online which has made you feel unsafe, scared or worried.

This might be from someone you know in real life, or someone you have only ever met online. CEOP take all reports seriously and we will do everything we can to keep you safe. As well as making a report to the CEOP Safety Centre, the CEOP Education website has information and advice to help you if something has happened to you online.

ChildLine/IWF Report and Remove Tool

We know that seeing images and videos of child sexual abuse online is upsetting. But if you stumble across it, report it to us.
Reporting is quick, easy and anonymous. It can lead to the removal of criminal content and even the rescue of a child from further abuse

Report online child sexual abuse imagery or 'child pornography' (iwf.org.uk)

Prevent Strategy

What is the Prevent strategy?

Prevent is a government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist or extremist causes.

The Prevent strategy covers all types of terrorism and extremism, including the extreme right wing, violent Islamist groups and other causes.

Educate Against Hate – https://educateagainsthate.com/

This is an important government website that provide advice and information about protecting children from extremism and radicalisation.

How does the Prevent strategy apply to schools?

From July 2015 all schools have a duty to safeguard children from radicalisation and extremism.

This means we have a responsibility to protect children from extremist and violent views the same way we protect them from drugs or gang violence.

The Prevent strategy is not just about discussing extremism itself, which may not be appropriate for younger children. However, it is about teaching children values such as tolerance and mutual respect.

Importantly, we can provide a safe place for pupils to discuss any issues so they better understand how to protect themselves.

Please see the Prevent Parent Booklet below.

Alongside our safeguarding duties, the Federation ensures Health and Safety is a priority.

To learn more about our processes and systems please follow the link below.

• Health & Safety

• Emergency Procedures

• Drop Off and Pick Up

Finding the right support

Early Help means offering support when a concern first emerges, rather than allowing the concern to escalate. Often those working in universal services such as Health Visitors, Youth Workers, School Staff are best placed to notice the early signs that a family or young person might need some extra help.

Early Help is for all ages, unborn to 19: 

• to ensure that problems don't arise in the first place (prevention)
• to ensure that problems are dealt with early (early intervention)
• to ensure that we support children, young people and families when they are more vulnerable and have more complex or longer lasting needs at the earliest opportunity.

Our Local Early Help Hub is based at Turlin Moor Community Centre

The Family Hub at Turlin Moor (previously called Turlin Moor and Hamworthy Children's Centre) is one of six centrally located hubs providing early help services and support for families living in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Each family hub provides:

• Family support from our early help family support teams
• A range of programmes to support parents and their children, covering four key areas:
  • Parenting, Young Parents and Volunteering
  • use of the Home Learning Environment
  • the Brighter Futures programme
  • Communication, Language and Literacy.
• Health services such as midwife clinics
• Information, advice and guidance, including information on and signposting to local childcare, signposting to a range of services including debt advice and information on community activities
• Domestic violence support 
• Foodbank vouchers and support with accessing food
• Breastfeeding pump loans

For details of early help support and programmes please click here. 

If you would like more information, please click the link below which will take you to our wellbeing pages.

• Family Resources and Links