Meet the Safeguarding Team
The Safeguarding Team are responsible for keeping children safe at school and at home.
Concerned about a child?
If you wish to discuss or pass on any Safeguarding concerns you have for a child in school please contact school on 01744 678300 and ask for a member of the Safeguarding Team.
If school is closed, you should telephone the St Helens Contact Centre for advice and support on 01744 676767 option 2. For out of hours contact 0345 050 0148
If you have immediate concerns for a child please contact the police on 999
More information can be found here:
https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/3529/Concerned-about-a-child-s-safety-or-welfare
Further support can be found on the NSPCC website: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/report/
Safeguarding through the Curriculum
At Grange Valley, safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do. We believe that keeping children safe is a shared responsibility and an essential part of their learning and development.
Safeguarding is woven throughout our POWERS curriculum to ensure pupils are taught how to stay safe, healthy and happy, both in school and beyond. Through PSHE, RSE, computing, assemblies and everyday classroom practice, children learn how to recognise risks, keep themselves safe and know who to talk to if they are worried.
Our curriculum is carefully planned to be age-appropriate, inclusive and responsive to the needs of our pupils. We create a safe and supportive environment where children feel confident to share concerns, knowing they will be listened to and supported.
By embedding safeguarding into daily learning, we empower our children with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to keep themselves and others safe.
Operation Encompass
Our School is part of a project which is being run between St Helen's Local Authority, Schools and Merseyside Police. The project is called Operation Encompass, it has been designed to provide early reporting of any domestic violence incidents that occur outside of school, which may have an impact on a child in school. This is done through a report to school following an incident.
The project ensures that at least one member of the school staff, known as the 'Key Adult' is trained to liaise with the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence.
In this way, we aim to support each child who has been involved in, or witnessed, a domestic abuse incident.
The 'Key Adults' at Grange Valley are Mrs Mavers and Mrs Barker.
NSPCC
