Safeguarding at St Agnes
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. If you do have any concerns regarding the safeguarding of any of our pupils, please contact one of our designated safeguarding leads.
St Agnes' CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Behaviour Policy.
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 radicalism and extremism.
Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership
A core function of OSCP is developing policies and procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We have adopted the Greater Manchester Safeguarding Children procedures.
Our Safeguarding Team
Designated Safeguarding Officer: Miss S Butterworth
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer: Mr K Taylor and Mrs S Pilling
Designated Safeguarding Governor: Mrs S Gittins
Wellbeing Lead: Mrs J Crickett
Internet Safety Officer: Mr K Taylor
Health and Safety Officer: Miss S Butterworth
Educational Visits Coordinator: Mr K Taylor
Our Fire Safety Team
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Appointed Person |
Deputy |
Area of Responsibility |
| Mrs C Pook | Mrs A Rainsford |
EYFS (Reception) |
| Mrs J Crickett |
Miss A Platt Miss S McDonald |
Key Stage 1 (years 1 and 2) |
| Mr K Taylor |
Mrs K Cooper-Wilson Mrs M Guest Mrs L Greaves |
Lower Key Stage 2 (years 3 and 4) |
| Mrs A Butterworth |
Miss E Pilling Mrs E Hammond |
Upper Key Stage 2 (years 5 and 6) |
| Mrs R Bayley | Mr C Mooney |
Office Area |
Our Health and Safety Team
| Appointed Person | |
| School Business Manager | Mrs R Bayley |
| Headteacher | Miss S Butterworth |
| Site Manager | Mr C Mooney |
Our First Aid Team
| Appointed Person | |
| Site Manager | Mr C Mooney |
| Teaching Assistant | Mrs M Guest |
| Teaching Assistant | Miss E Pilling |
| Teaching Assistant | Miss E Hammond |
| Teaching Assistant | Mrs L Greaves |
| Teaching Assistant | Mrs A Rainsford |
| Teaching Assistant | Mrs K Cooper-Wilson |
| Teaching Assistant | Miss S McDonald |
| Teaching Assistant | Miss A Platt |
Safeguarding Training
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Safeguarding Training |
Who |
Frequency
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Designated Safeguarding Training/Lead
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Head Teacher Pastoral Care Lead |
Minimum every 2 years |
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LSCB Child Protection
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All Staff |
Every 3 years
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School Based INSET |
Whole School |
Every year
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Prevent Duty e channel
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All Staff Governors New Staff |
Every 3 years
On induction |
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Safer Recruitment |
Head Teacher School Business Manager Governors |
Every 3 years |
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Fire Warden |
Head Teacher School Business Manager All Fire wardens Site Manger |
Every 3 years |
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Fire Awareness
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All staff |
Every 3 years |
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First Aid at Work |
All First Aiders (8 in total) |
Every 3 years
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Paediatric First Aid
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Early Years Staff |
Every 3 years
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Asthma and Anaphylaxis |
All teaching staff |
Minimum every 3 years and as required
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Child specific health conditions |
Key Staff disseminated as appropriate
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As required |
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Mental Health and Well Being (Healthy Young Minds)
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All teaching staff and children |
Every Year |
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Health and Safety Training |
All staff New Staff
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Every 3 years On induction |
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.
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Operation Encompass |
Safeguarding Guidance
Please select from the links below.
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Teaching online safety in schools | Link |
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| This non-statutory guidance outlines how schools can ensure their pupils understand how to stay safe and behave online as part of existing curriculum requirements. | |||
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Working together to safeguard children | Link |
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| Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, support and protect children. | |||
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Information sharing to safeguard children and young people | Link |
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| Statutory information sharing duty guidance for practitioners and organisations providing safeguarding and welfare services for children and young people. | |||
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Keeping children safe in education | Link |
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| Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment. | |||
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Safeguarding disabled children | Link |
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| Departmental advice setting out how agencies and professionals should work together to safeguard the welfare of disabled children. | |||
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Children missing education: statutory guidance for local authorities and schools | Link |
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| This guidance is statutory for local authorities in England and is intended to help them fulfil their legal duty under section 436A of the Education Act 1996 to make arrangements to identify, as far as it is possible to do so, children missing education (CME). | |||
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Working together to improve school attendance | Link |
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| How schools, academy trusts, governing bodies and local authorities should maintain high levels of school attendance. | |||
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Safeguarding Oldham - Educational Neglect Guidance 2026 | Link |
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| Guidance for professionals working with children and young people who have concerns about attendance and punctuality. |
Safeguarding Resources
Please select from the links below.
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is Oldham’s first point of contact for:
- safeguarding referrals to protect children, young people or adults from harm, abuse or neglect; and
- care and support services which help individuals or families to meet their long-term needs, access the Early Help Service and mental health support, prevent or delay needs becoming more serious, lead independent lives and reduce dependence on public services.
A range of organisations make up the MASH including:
- Social services for children and adults
- Greater Manchester Police
- Early Help
- Education and Early Years
- Pennine Care and Bridgewater NHS Trusts
- Healthy Young Minds Oldham
- Positive Steps
- National Probation Service
- Greater Manchester & Cheshire Community Rehabilitation Company
Where there is a concern, these organisations share information to decide the most appropriate intervention to prevent harm to the person. This gives a full understanding of the situation so we are able to respond quickly and effectively.
The MASH can also:
- Help with caring for someone or enabling them to live at home, or
- Support with problems such as housing, finance, family relationships, giving up smoking or weight management.
If you suspect a person is at immediate risk of harm call 999 and speak to the Police.
You can contact the MASH from 8:40am – 5:00pm on Monday – Friday.
- Telephone: 0161 770 7777
- Email: adult.mash@oldham.gov.uk (adults)
- Email: child.mash@oldham.gov.uk (children)
- Fax: 0161 770 1576
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Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) | Link |
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