At Avanti House Primary School, the pupil’s welfare is of paramount importance. We fully recognise the contribution that we can make to protect children and support pupils in our school. We believe that it is everybody’s responsibility, within our school community, to safeguard and protect children.
We recognise the following four elements as pivotal to our responsibilities:
- Prevention (e.g. positive school atmosphere, teaching and pastoral support for pupils, safer recruitment procedures);
- Protection (by following agreed procedures, ensuring staff are trained and supported to respond appropriately and sensitively to Child Protection concerns);
- Support (to pupils and school staff and to children who may have been harmed or abused);
- Working with parents (to ensure appropriate communications and actions are taken).
Please Click Here to see our latest Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
Our Safeguarding Team: If you have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a child please contact a member of the safeguarding team at [email protected]
Tim Burns – Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Lalita Joshi – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Anjali Pant – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Harshah Parmar – Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Out of Hours:
If you have a concern and the school is not open, please contact the London borough of Harrow Safeguarding Team:
Golden Number: 02089012690
Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub: Emergency Duty team, weekends, bank holidays and between 5 pm and 9 pm during the week:
Monday – Friday 9:00am- 5:00pm
For any other days please contact the Golden Number: 020 8901 2690
(out of hours: 020 8424 0999)
Police:101 or for immediate emergency 999
FGM – Mandatory reporting Police on 101 – Initial referrals via MASH/Golden Number above (For ongoing cases)
Local Authority Designated Officer for Allegations (LADO):Rosalind South
Tel: 07871 987254
Children and Young People with Disabilities 0-25 years: https://www.harrowscb.co.uk/guidance-for-practitioners/abuse-of-disabled-children/
Local Multi Agency procedures (& links to Pan London procedures), guidance and Training:
https://www.harrowscb.co.uk/about-the-hscb/information-sharing/
https://www.harrowscb.co.uk/pan-london-safeguarding-board/
https://www.harrowscb.co.uk/learning-development/training-with-hscb/
Operation Encompass
Our school is part of Operation Encompass which is a national scheme that operates jointly between schools and police forces. Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools when a child or young person has experienced or witness domestic abuse, gone missing, or has an Adverse Childhood Experiences.
As a school, we ensure that a member of our staff (Designated Safeguarding Lead) has been trained in Operation Encompass procedures allowing us to use the information which has been shared, in confidence, to support child(ren) in our care.
The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 identifies children who experience or witness domestic abuse as victims in their own right. We are keen to offer the best support to all our students and we believe this will be extremely beneficial for all those involved.
NSPCC:0800 800 5000
Childline: 0800 1111
Whistleblowing
The Avanti Schools Trust Policy can be found here
Whistleblowing Advice Line: The NSPCC Whistleblowing Advice Line is available 8am-10pm Monday to Friday and 9am-6pm at the weekend. However, you can email [email protected] at any time. It’s free and you don’t have to say who you are. If you think a child is in immediate danger, please call the police on 999 straight away.
More information can be found here