Safeguarding

At Arts Education we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every child and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a school we recognise that positive mental health and wellbeing are essential to the development of thriving and successful pupils. We aim to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for our whole school community (children, staff, parents and carers), and recognise how important mental health and emotional wellbeing is to our lives in just the same way as physical health. It is therefore vital to our aims as a School that we provide high quality mental health and wellbeing support.

We have gathered some useful contacts for the Local Authorities we work along side, and have provided some resources on how to keep your child safe outside of school and online.

Additional information for safeguarding can be found at https://www.safeguardingresourcehub.co.uk/

To contact a member of Arts Educations designated safeguarding leads please email: Safe@artseducation.co.uk

Useful contacts

Alder Hey crisis team for children – 0808 196 3550 or 0151 293 3577

Liverpool CAMHS - 0151 293 3662 camhs.referrals@alderhey.nhs.uk

Liverpool and Knowsley SEND team - 0800 0129066 Option 1, www.liverpoolandknowsleysend.com

Knowsley Send team - 0151 443 5145 SENDadmin@knowsley.gov.uk

Knowsley Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - 0151 443 2600.

Send guide for parents and carers : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-guide-for-parents-and-carers

0800 58 58 58

www.thecalmzone.net

0300 123 3393

www.mind.org.uk

0800 068 41 41

www.papyrus-uk.org

116 123

www.samaritans.org

Text - 85258

www.giveusashout.org

www.youngminds.org.uk

0808 800 5000

www.nspcc.org.uk

Safeguarding Our Students: Operation Encompass Now in Place

The safety and wellbeing of our students is our top priority. We are therefore proud to announce that our school is now participating in Operation Encompass, a crucial partnership between the police and schools.

Operation Encompass is designed to offer timely support to children who may have been affected by domestic abuse. When the police attend a domestic abuse incident where a child is present or potentially impacted, they can confidentially share this information with a designated safeguarding lead at our school.

1 in 5 children have been exposed to domestic abuse and it is present in 60% of all serious case reviews. It is estimated that children are present in 80% of incidents.

Report a Concern

If you are concerned about a student or young person at ARTS Education, please email safe@artseducation.co.uk If this is of an urgent matter, please call 101 or in an emergency always call 999.

Online Safety

While the internet has created fantastic new opportunities for children to learn, play and connect, we know it has created some big risks as well a 2021 Office for National Statistics (ONS) report found that nearly a third of children had accepted a friend request from someone they did not know. It’s also important to remember that, as adults, we don’t always understand what teenagers or children like to wear, do and watch on TV. This is the same with what children watch online. But you don’t have to like or understand what they watch, just be aware of whether it’s harmful.

We have provided some useful resources below to help keep your child safe online

• Downloadable guide for parents and carers - Making sure your home doesn't have an open door to child abusers.

• Think u know – containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre).

• Childnet – An award-winning internet safety programme for children.

• Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) - Online reporting for Child Protection Advisors.

• Internet Matters - Practical tips to help keep children safe online.

• NSPCC - Helpful guides to help decide what's appropriate for children to access online.

• Get safe online - Safeguarding advice on keeping children safe online

• Google Safety Advice - Advice on setting up parental controls on children's accounts.

To contact a member of Arts Educations designated safeguarding leads please email: Safe@artseducation.co.uk

We're excited about the growing world of online streaming and its potential uses in education, but as a school, we also want to make sure our students are safe. Live streaming platforms can expose children to inappropriate content or interactions with strangers. We'll be working with students on online safety practices, but your involvement is crucial. Talk to your child about what they stream or watch on streams, enable parental controls, and keep the lines of communication open so they feel comfortable reporting any concerns. By working together, we can ensure a positive and safe online streaming experience for our students.

You can find some useful information and guidance on streaming online here and here