Safeguarding
Safeguarding at Peartree Way Nursery School
At Peartree Way Nursery the safety and wellbeing of every child is at the centre of everything we do. Children need to feel safe and secure in order for learning to take place and our school culture of safeguarding including our policies and procedures fully support this.
We have a whole school approach to safeguarding and keeping children safe is everyone's responsibility and all staff have regular safeguarding training and updates.
In addition we have one Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and 5 Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL's) who are Level 2 trained and receive regular updates from the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership.
Siân Gardiner, Headteacher, SENCo and DSL
Sarah Plumb, Deputy Headteacher, DDSL
Emma Lacey, Office Manager and DDSL
Keelie Simpson, Pre-School Lead and DDSL
Claudia Marin, Voyagers Lead and DDSL
Oana Vacaru, Inclusion Lead and DDSL
Kathryn Evans Safeguarding Governor
The role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Deputy Designated Leads (DDSL) is to safeguard students, staff, and the school community, support with mental health and well-being, and provide emotional support to students in need.
Useful websites
https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/childrens
https://www.ceop.police.uk/Safety-Centre/
Prevent Duty
All schools and colleges are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (the CTSA 2015), in the exercise of their functions, to have “due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”. This duty is known as the Prevent duty.
Further information can be found on the Hertfordshire website:
https://thegrid.org.uk/safeguarding-and-child-protection/prevent-in-education
Operation Encompass
Peartree Way is part of the Operation Encompass strategy which is a police and education safeguarding partnership aimed at providing immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse. It enables schools to offer early intervention and support to mitigate the long-term impacts of domestic abuse on children.
