Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, Herts, AL4 8TP
Safeguarding
"Safeguarding is intrinsic to everything we do at Beech Hyde School. It is of paramount importance that all our pupils are safe, well cared for, happy learners."
Safeguarding includes our commitment to safer recruitment of staff, security around the building, child protection, anti-bullying, Online safety, PREVENT duty and many other areas. We make sure all policies under the safeguarding umbrella are reviewed regularly. We make sure all pupils are safe by;
- ensuring all staff are fully trained in being vigilant to signs that a student is experiencing difficulties in or outside of the school environment. All senior staff are trained at level 2 safeguarding to ensure that there is always someone on site able to deal with child protection issues
- ensuring all children know that there are staff they can turn to if they need help or support with a safeguarding matter
- ensuring that the curriculum gives pupils information, opportunities to explore and learn about all aspects of welfare and safety, both inside and outside the classroom
- ensuring the security of our site is reviewed regularly and discussed with pupils and parents
- ensuring all staff have access to and have read the DfE guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' - attached below. If you would like this document in another language, please go to the following website www.lgfl.net/digisafe/kcsietranslate
All our safeguarding protocals and proceedures are in line with DFE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and DFE Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead at Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery is:
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads are:
- Mrs J Shore (SENCO)
- Miss C Rogers (Assistant Head)
- Mrs J Field (Early Years Specialist)
The designated governor with responsibility for Safeguarding is:
The designated teacher for Children with a Social Worker inc. Children Looked After and Previously Looked After is:
The designated governor with responsibility for Children with a Social Worker inc. Children Looked After and Previously Looked After is:
If you have any concerns about a data protection matter, please email dpo@beechhyde.aetrust.uk. Our Data Protection Officer (DPO) is School Consultant Ltd. The Deputy DPO is Karen Thomas (Headteacher) - head@beechhyde.aetrust.uk.
If you have any concerns about your own child or any other child, please do not hesitate to contact us at school by emailing safe@beechhyde.aetrust.uk. If you have concerns about a child that does not attend Beech Hyde and would prefer to speak to Children's Services personally, please call 0300 1234 043 or the police on 101. Please note that information of a safeguarding nature may not be able to be kept confidential.
Beech Hyde is an Operation Encompas School
Operation Encompass Safeguarding Statement Our school is part of Operation Encompass. This is a police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience Domestic Abuse. Operation Encompass means that the police will share information about Domestic Abuse incidents with our school PRIOR to the start of the next school day when they have been called to a domestic incident. Once a Key Adult (DSL) has attended at an Operation Encompass briefing they will cascade the principles of Operation Encompass to all DDSL’s. Our parents are fully aware that we are an Operation Encompass school. The Operation Encompass information is stored in line with all other confidential safeguarding and child protection information. The Key Adult has also led training for all school staff and Governors about Operation Encompass, the prevalence of Domestic Abuse and the impact of this abuse on children. We have also discussed how we can support our children following the Operation Encompass notification. We are aware that we must do nothing that puts the child/ren or the non abusing adult at risk. The Safeguarding Governor will report on Operation Encompass in the termly report to Governors. All information is anonymised for these reports. The Key Adult has used the Operation Encompass Toolkit to ensure that all appropriate actions have been taken by the school.
Our key adult is Ms K Thomas (Headteacher).
