Safeguarding

Houghton Regis Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children.

• Designated Safeguarding Lead – Miss D Alexis
• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead – Mr J Edwards, Mrs R Parmar, Mrs R Baldwin & Mrs L Fennell
• Family Support Worker – Mrs L Fennell
• Safeguarding Governor – Mrs S O’Connell

We believe that:

• All children have equal right to be protected from harm
• Children need to be safe and to feel safe in school
• Children need support which matches their individual needs, including those who may have experienced abuse
• All children people have the right to speak freely and voice their values and beliefs
• All children must be encouraged to respect each other’s values and support each other
• All children have the right to be supported to meet their emotional and social needs as well their educational needs – a happy, healthy, social child will achieve better educationally and socially
• Schools can and do contribute to the prevention of abuse, victimisation, bullying, exploitation, extreme behaviours, discriminatory views and risk-taking behaviours
• All staff and visitors have an important role to play in safeguarding children and protecting them from harm

HRPS Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy

Please find a link to the Central Bedfordshire Safeguarding website

https://www.centralbedfordshirelscb.org.uk/lscb-website/home-page

Other useful links

Prevent Radicalisation & Extremism by Acting Early – if you have concerns about anyone expressing extreme views or hatred, click on the link below.

http://actearly.uk

Operation Encompass has been designed to provide early reporting to schools of any domestic abuse incidents that occur in which a child was present, ordinarily lives at the incident location or with an involved party. For further information, click on the link below.

https://www.operationencompass.org/

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