Safeguarding is everybody's responsibility.  Should you have immediate concerns for the welfare or safety of a child, you must contact the police and CSC on 0300 123 6720.

At St. Anne's Copp, the safety, security and happiness of our children is paramount and we adhere strictly to safeguarding guidelines as laid out by Lancashire County Council.  We ensure that our school is a happy, safe place, where children can develop to their potential.  Staff are trained regularly in all aspects of safeguarding and adhere to Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.

We encourage a positive growth mindset and excellent behaviour, including behaviour for learning.  Every class has a Learning Ladder, which children strive to climb in order to receive a Top Copp Card.  Our Behaviour Policy and ethos in school is rooted in our Christian vision: Let us love, not in word but in truth and action (1 John 3:18) and we promote a culture of understanding, forgiveness, reconciliation and starting afresh – every day is a new day.

School's Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is the Headteacher, Andrea Loughran.  For safeguarding concerns, please email : head@coppschool.lancs.sch.uk.  

School also has two further back-up DSLs : Jenny Macdonald and Brooke Richmond.  Both back-up DSLs can be reached via parent@coppschool.lancs.sch.uk

Alternatively, school can be telephoned on 01995 670969.

School's safeguarding Governor is Judith Ellis.  Miss Ellis can be reached by telephoning school or emailing parent@coppschool.lancs.sch.uk

Please see below our related policies.

IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT A CHILD

We have a duty to protect children and young people from harm caused by neglect or abuse. This includes investigating any allegations that a child might be being neglected or abused, and if necessary take appropriate action to protect the child.

The NSPCC website has advice about the signs, symptoms and effects of child abuse and neglect.

Call the police on 999 if you think a child is in immediate danger.

To report urgent concerns for a child outside the hours of 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, call 0300 123 6722.

 

CHILDREN AND FAMILY WELLBEING SERVICE

The Children and Family Wellbeing Service, previously children's centres and Young People's Service, provide services to help with parenting and other support you may need.

We support families of children and young people from 0-19 years old and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities up to 25.

Some of this will be in groups and some of this will be with individuals.

Some of the services are available to all children or families and others are for those who are in most need of support.

We offer different services across a range of locations to meet the needs of the local community including:

• Support for individual children, young people or their families

• Health services – ranging from health visitors to breastfeeding

• Parenting advice for mums, dads and carers

• Activities and groups where your baby, toddler or child can play and learn

• A place to pick up Healthy Start vitamins and tablets

• Advice to help you to support your child’s learning from birth

• A great place to make new friends

• Connecting with the local community

• Access to specialist support for families with children with disabilities/additional needs

• Groups for expectant mums and dads

• Advice and guidance on how to keep you and your child healthy

• Sensory rooms

• Information about local childcare

• Groups for young people

• Advice for young people

• Help to access adult learning opportunities

• Advice on jobs, training and benefits

• Opportunities for volunteering

For families that need extra help and support we may meet with you individually to do an assessment of your needs. This is to help us work with you to get the extra support you need.

A range of professionals may work together with us such as workers from Children's Social Care, Police, housing services, the local district council, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and the Adult Wellbeing Service.

Wyre Children and Family Wellbeing Service

Milton Youth and Community Centre, Milton Street, Fleetwood, FY7 6QW

Tel. 01253 741 117

Further support can be found here :

Homelessness and Housing Advice – Fylde Council Fylde Money - Citizens Advice Fylde

OPERATION ENCOMPASS

In conjunction with Lancashire Police, Great Eccleston Copp CE Primary School is involved in a national initiative called Operation Encompass. Following a domestic abuse incident attended by Lancashire Police, at which children from our school are present, Lancashire Police will notify us  of the incident prior to the start of the next school day. Following an incident, children will often arrive at school distressed, upset and worried.  Operation Encompass aims to ensure that appropriate school staff are made aware early enough to help and support children and young people in a way that helps them to feel safe. Operation Encompass ensures that every school involved in the project has a member of staff (known as the key adult) who is trained to liaise with the police, when required, whilst ensuring support is available to the child. Our Key Adult is Ms. Andrea Loughran (Headteacher). She is also our Designated Safeguarding Lead.

As a school, we are committed to providing the best possible care and support for all our pupils and this is one way in which we can do this. You can find out more about Operation Encompass on the following link:

https://www.operationencompass.org/

 

EARLY HELP OFFER

At St. Anne's Copp CE Primary School, we recognise the challenges that families face in bringing up children. Family life can be complicated and sometimes you may need some support. If you have a problem at home, please get in touch – we can support you in lots of ways. 

What is early help?

Early help means providing support to our children and families as soon as a problem emerges, at any point in a child’s life.

There are many ways in which we can help as outlined in our offer of early help below. Early Help services should support and strengthen families so that they can thrive. Some help can be accessed directly within school such as your child accessing wellbeing support from our trained ELSA staff or families could access the school nurse drop-in sessions that are held monthly in school.  Some of these sessions are also attended by the Senior Children and Family Wellbeing Officer.

We follow the Working Well with Children and Families Guidance:

https://www.lancashiresafeguarding.org.uk/media/19299/wwwcf-part-1-and-2-final.pdf

Lancashire CSAP (Children’s Safeguarding Assurance Partnership) website:

https://www.safeguardingpartnership.org.uk/

The CSAP website is full of useful safeguarding and CP information.

Your Family’s Early Help Assessment and Family RADAR.

Early Help Assessment – Section E – family radar

The Early Help Assessment and Plan features a family radar. The family radar is linked to the cycle of change and will help you to identify which areas of support the family need the most. By completing a family radar, we are trying to get the families to understand at what point of the cycle of change they are at.

Support for families may include: 

• Advice and support to promote good attendance

• Liaising with external services e.g. Housing and Children Social Care.

• Support during appointments and in meetings.

• Help to complete paperwork and forms, e.g. housing, school letters, grant applications and benefits.

• Referrals to outside agencies e.g. Paediatric Learning Disability Team and Speech and Language Therapists etc.

• Emotional support for parents

• SEND parent drop ins with Headteacher/SENDCo

• School nurse support (also available monthly in school as a drop-in session)

• Early Help Assessment which may involve support from external agencies

• Children and Family Wellbeing pastoral visits (available at determined points within school also)

• Foodbank vouchers and holiday support

• Providing information and signposting to other services in your local area. 

Support for children whilst in school may include:

• Morning and after school sports clubs

• Support with wraparound care (Harris Hub)

• Bespoke learning interventions

• Homework support

• Pre-loved uniform

• Additional transition support

• Extra curricular clubs

• School nurse support

• Pastoral Support

• Guidance and support with school uniform

• NSPCC links and Childline lessons, assemblies and poster

Why would I request early help?

There are lots of reasons why people look for early help. It could be that you’re worried about your child’s health, development or behaviour, or how they’re doing at school. It may be that you’re worried about money or housing and how that is impacting on your family. Maybe your child or family is affected by domestic abuse, drugs, alcohol, or crime. Perhaps your child is a carer for their SEND sibling, or maybe you’ve had a bereavement in the family that’s made life a challenge.

Whatever the concern, it’s okay to ask for help.

Where can I get early help?

If you feel you and your family might need support to solve some problems, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Loughran (Headteacher) or Mrs Taylor (ELSA) or Mrs Whittle (SENDCo) via the central email address.

parent@coppschool.lancs.sch.uk

What will happen if I ask for early help?

School will give you a call to either complete a home visit or you could come into school and we can talk about the problems/concerns you’re experiencing. I  will ask what help and support you think you might need. This is called an early help assessment.

Early help assessment is nothing to be worried about. It’s just a conversation to work out how to help you determine what it is you feel you need support with and how this can be done.   You can talk about things that are going well and things that you’re proud of as well as things that you’re finding a challenge.

We will also discuss your child or children in your family to make sure they understand how they are feeling and anything they think they might want some help with. 

What happens next will be different for every family. If an Early Help assessment is carried out and actions are identified, we will then call Team Around the Family   (TAF) meetings. Again, this is nothing to be worried about. It just ensures we have a regular meeting with all professionals involved to get the best outcome for the family.  You have control over what happens next and can say what you want. 

For more information on Early Help please click on the link below 

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/practitioners/supporting-children-and-families/early-help-assessment/