Safeguarding

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children.

Key Contact 

At Wheeler Primary School Mrs N Wellington is our Safeguarding Lead and responsible for Child Protection.

What to do if you have a concern about a child attending Wheeler

During school hours

• Contact the school on 01482 3353125
• Contact Hull City Council EHaSH Team on 01482 448879

Out of school hours or during school holidays

• If your concern is urgent and there is an immediate risk of harm, then contact the Police on 999
• If your concern is less urgent, but you are worried for the welfare of a child, then contact Hull City Council EHaSH on 01482 448879
• If you have a concern about a child at Wheeler Primary School , which you believe staff need to know about, then contact Suzanne Wilson (Strategic Safeguarding Lead for HCAT): suzanne.wilson@hcat.org.uk. Ms Wilson will then make contact with a key member of staff from the academy on your behalf.

Any person employed to work with children in our school is expected to be cleared by a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, we have made available the below documents to give you further advice and information:

Further Information 

• HCAT Child Protection Policy Annex download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineHCAT Child Protection Policy Annex
• HCAT Child Protection Policy September 2024 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineHCAT Child Protection Policy September 2024
• Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineKeeping Children Safe in Education 2024
• What to do if youre worried a-child is being abused download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineWhat to do if youre worried a-child is being abused
• Working Together to Safeguard Children download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineWorking Together to Safeguard Children

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.

Operation Encompass believes that children are victims of domestic abuse in their own right and should be acknowledged as such