At Coppull Primary School and Nursery we are passionate about safeguarding and ensuring our children are safe. The health, safety and well-being of every child is our top priority. We expect all staff, governors, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment to safeguarding our pupils
We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. All school staff are trained in safeguarding procedures, and children are made aware of the adults they can talk to if they have any concerns. If you have concerns about a child’s safety or welfare we have designated people you can talk to.
Claire Loughlin – Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Mr Chambers – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Miss Parkinson – Deputy Safeguarding Lead.
If you are concerned for a child’s safety and believe a child is at significant risk of harm you can contact Lancashire Children Services on 03001236720. If you feel a crime has been committed, please contact the police on 999 or non-emergency number 101.
Social care support for children and families - Lancashire County Council
Please see policies and procedures below we follow to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in our care
Coppull Primary school and Nursery Whole school safeguarding policy
Keeping children safe in education 2025
Working together to safeguard children 2023
Prevent
Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a police and education early information sharing partnership enabling schools to offer immediate support for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. Information is shared by the police with a school's trained Key Adult (DSL) prior to the start of the next school day after officers have attended a domestic abuse incident thus enabling appropriate support to be given, dependent upon the needs and wishes of the child.
Children experiencing domestic abuse are negatively impacted by this exposure; domestic abuse has been identified as an Adverse Childhood Experience and can lead to emotional, physical and psychological harm. Operation Encompass aims to mitigate this harm by enabling immediate support, making a child's day better and giving them a better tomorrow
Our Key adult for Operation Encompass is Claire Loughlin
Please see website for more information.
Wellbeing Team
At Coppull Primary school and nursery we are dedicated to supporting children to be the best version of themselves they can be. To support their emotional and mental health we have a wellbeing team that are trained in numerous therapeutic interventions. We work closely with class teachers, parents and outside agencies to ensure the child receives the correct support.
We also recognise that parenting is the hardest job to do. We are here to support with any family needs such as behaviour issues, sleep routines, housing, finances and mental health. We also have links with the Children and Family Well -being service and Homestart.
Please feel free to pop in and have a confidential chat with either Claire or Kate.
Claire Loughlin – DSL & Wellbeing Manager
Kate McNulty – Wellbeing Team
Lancashire Early Help
The vision of all partner organisations working with children and families in Lancashire is to improve children’s lives by working in partnership to raise aspirations, build achievement and protect the most vulnerable.
This is based on the belief that:
• Children, young people and families develop resilience if there are protective factors in place such as: a positive relationship with an adult; good literacy and communication skills; good school attendance; and, parents in or actively seeking/ready for work
• Children’s needs are best met when help is offered in a universal setting within a socially mixed group and early on when problems start to emerge
• Children and young people’s needs are best met when addressed in the context of the whole family, meaning that parents/carers/siblings’ needs are addressed with consent as part of a holistic and integrated Early Help response Early Help services should support and strengthen families so that they can thrive.
We follow the Working Well with Children and Families Guidance – See below https://www.lancashiresafeguarding.org.uk/media/19299/wwwcf-part-1-and-2-final.pdf
https://panlancashirescb.proceduresonline.com/pdfs/WWWCF_3_Lancs.pdf
Lancashire’s Children and Family Wellbeing Service-early help referrals Lancashire County Council’s Early Help Offer Lancashire’s Children and Family Wellbeing Service (CFW) offers practical support to children, young people, parents/carers and families. This support can be provided on a whole range of issues which may be affecting individuals or the family and is offered through a network of centres as well as in the community or in the family home. The focus of the service is to provide an enhanced level of support which is prioritised towards those groups or individuals who have more complex or intensive needs or who are at risk and particularly where we think that providing early help will make a positive difference. We want any problems to be identified early, and appropriate support be put in place on a basis on mutual respect and sensitivity to the family. Any concerns and referrals are made via early help and by having parental consent for an early help assessment