Safeguarding

Newfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Child Protection Policy which can be viewed on this page.

Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies, when there are concerns about a child's welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents / carers first, unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare.

We actively support the Government's Prevent Agenda to counter radicalisation and extremism.

Newfield Child Protection / Safeguarding Team:

Sefton Local Safeguarding Children Board (Sefton LSCB)  

Sefton LSCB is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how organisations in the borough will cooperate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in Sefton, and for ensuring the effectiveness of what they do.  The core objectives of Sefton LSCB are to co-ordinate what is done by each person or body represented on the Board for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in Sefton and to ensure the effectiveness of what the member organisations do individually and together.

• 7 Minute Briefings:

Sefton LSCB produces regular 7 minute briefings on various current safeguarding children topics. Learning for 7 minutes is manageable in most services and learning is more memorable as it is simple and not clouded by other issues and pressures. Sefton LSCB Business Team hope you find these briefings useful and are able to cascade these important messages as widely as possible. Click here to read the 7 minute briefings.

• Newsletters:

Click here to read the latest newsletters released by Sefton LSCB.

Staying Safe online:

• Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command

• NSPCC - Online Safety

• Think you know

The Prevent Strategy

From 01 July 2015 all schools are required to have ‘due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. This duty is known as the Prevent duty. 

“Radicalisation” refers to the process by which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism leading to terrorism. During that process it is possible to intervene to prevent vulnerable people being drawn into terrorist-related activity. This means that for Newfield School (and other schools), it is essential for staff to be able to identify children who may be vulnerable to radicalisation, and know what to do when they are identified, as part of safeguarding duties, whether from within families or from outside influences. We promote British values (see our policy below) to challenge extremist views. This does not mean stopping pupils debating controversial issues, but on the contrary to provide a safe place to understand the risks associated with terrorism and develop the knowledge and skills to be able to challenge extremist arguments.

• The four themes to do this are through:
  • Risk assessment
  • Working in partnership
  • Staff training, and
  • IT policies.

• Let's talk about it, is a community safeguarding programme. 

Prevent is about safeguarding people and communities from the threat of terrorism. Prevent is 1 of the 4 elements of CONTEST, the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.  Click here for ... A Pocket Guide to PREVENT

Promoting Fundamental British Values

In accordance with The Department for Education we aim to actively promote British values in schools to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Pupils are encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance and understand that while different people may hold different views about what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, all people living in England are subject to its law.

• The Key Values are:
  • democracy
  • rule of law
  • individual liberty
  • mutual respect
  • tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs