Fairfield Road Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all and we expect staff, parents, carers, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.  Our school has rigorous policies and procedures in place to safeguard children and all staff have received relevant training in child protection with specialist training undertaken by safeguarding leads. If you have any concerns, please speak to us. Our door is always open.

Our Safeguarding Leads are: 

Mr Stephenson            Headteacher (Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Miss Taylor                   Deputy Head (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Miss Docherty              Deputy Head (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Mrs Deakin                  Office Manager (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Mrs Smallman              SENDCo (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

We follow the Tameside Safeguarding Children Partnerships (TSCP) procedures, details of which can be found here. 

If you believe that a child/young person is at risk of significant harm, please contact Tameside Children's Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub on 0161 342 4101:
Monday to Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thurs: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Fri: 8:30am - 4pm

Monday to Friday outside of normal hours weekends and public holidays
EDT (Emergency Duty Team) Telephone Contact Number - 0161 342 2222

Domestic Abuse - Operation Encompass

On 21st January 2019, Fairfield Road Primary School implemented a new project that will run jointly between schools and Greater Manchester Police. This project is called Operation Encompass and its aim is to support children who are affected by domestic violence by ensuring that their school is informed. This allows the school to support the children. If you have any other questions about this project, please do not hesitate to contact the school. 

You can find out more about Operation Encompass here.

Prevent Duty

The Prevent duty requires all schools to "have due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism", under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015. The duty covers all types of extremism, whether political, religious or ideological.

The Prevent strategy is not just about discussing extremism itself, which may not be appropriate for younger children. However, it is about teaching children the British Values such as Rule of Law, Democracy, Individual Liberty , Tolerance and Mutual respect.

We do many age appropriate things in school to help students become positive, happy members of society, which also contributes to the Prevent Strategy. These include:

• Exploring other cultures, religions and promoting diversity;
• Challenging prejudices and racists comments;
• Developing critical thinking skills and a strong, positive self-identity;
• Promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of students, as well as British values such as democracy.
• Staff being aware of the vulnerable pupils within their cohort. We also aim to protect students from the risk of radicalisation, for example, by using filters and monitoring systems on all school devices to ensure they can’t access inappropriate material, or by vetting visitors who come into school to work with students.
   

Importantly, we can provide a safe place for pupils to discuss any issues so they better understand how to protect themselves. Children are spending more time than ever on social media and gaming platforms so it is no surprise that online grooming by extremists is on the rise. Young people are especially being targeted by groups and individuals promoting violence and hatred. Helping your child be digitally savvy and knowing the signs of radicalisation will help keep them safe and protect them from potential risks. You can find more information about how to keep your children safe online by clicking the 'online safety' button below.