Safeguarding Statement

At Rishton Methodist School, we aim to create a secure, happy, caring environment, where all children are valued as individuals whatever their gender or race.

We ensure that our children have the opportunity to talk or are listened to.

Rishton Methodist School recognises the contribution it can make to protect and support pupils in school.

Safeguarding Statement

At Rishton Methodist School, we aim to create a secure, happy, caring environment, where all children are valued as individuals whatever their gender or race.

We ensure that our children have the opportunity to talk or are listened to.

Rishton Methodist School recognises the contribution it can make to protect and support pupils in school.

Operation Emcompass

Rishton Methodist Primary School is participating in the Operation Encompass partnership scheme, between local schools, academies, colleges, community health agencies, and Lancashire Police.                                 

Operation Encompass was set up to provide early reporting to schools about any domestic abuse incidents that occur outside of school hours, to which a young person attending our school has been exposed, and which might then have an impact on their schooling the following day. This information will be shared throughout the year, including school holidays and the weekends.   

Operation Encompass was first introduced in Plymouth in February 2011, and has proved very effective in providing appropriate and timely support to young people affected by domestic abuse. This initiative has been implemented across the whole of the Lancashire Police area.  If you would like some more information about it, you can view it online at www.operationencompass.org.   

Information will only be shared with the school by the police where it is identified that a young person was present, witnessed or was involved in a domestic abuse incident.   

At Rishton Methodist, Donna Higgens, our DSL is our Operation Encompass Lead, along with Sean Steele, Jayne Newshame. They will be able to use information that has been shared with them, in confidence, to ensure that the school is able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children or their families. These Key Adults will keep this information confidential and will only share it on a need to know basis, for instance, to teaching staff for the child or young person.