Manor Wood Primary School
Safeguarding information for parents
Safeguarding information for parents
Organisations and charities that can offer help
2gether Cluster
Manor Wood is proud to belong to the 2gether Cluster.
The 2gether cluster provides families with a range of accessible support services and activities to meet their needs. Staff have expertise in family support, improving school attendance and supporting behavioural, emotional and developmental needs. They recognise that every family is unique and pride themselves on offering the right support at the right time, which allows change to not only happen, but to have a lasting impact. They offer support to families at home and in schools or community settings. This can look like support in the family home, attendance support, counselling and wellbeing sessions.
Contact the school office FAO Nim Matharu if you feel that support from this service would be beneficial for your family
Manor Wood Children Centre
We are privileged to have Manor Wood Children Centre on site. The Children Centre provides high quality childcare from 6 months to 2 years in a thoughtfully designed space with a seamless balance between nurture and learning. The centre also provides a range of activities and groups for families of children aged 0-5.
Groups include:
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Baby massage
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Stay and Play
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Toddler talk
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Parent Gym
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Family Learning Courses- HENRY. First aid, story sacks.
The offer of support is constantly increasing. The centre has a dedicated Family outeach worker who can provide more personalsied support and signposting. Please feel free to pop inf for a chat or contact the team on 01132693515.
Night OWLS
Night OWLS is a confidential support line, 8pm–8am every night for all children, young people, and parents/carers in West Yorkshire – Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield
Call us on : 0800 1488244
Text us on: 07984376950
Money buddies
FREE impartial independent debt advice, budgeting support, letter writing, energy bill saving, income maximisation services and much more. Money Buddies don’t judge, tell or charge.
Healthy Holidays
Manor Wood are a Healthy Holiday provider!
Healthy Holidays provides free engaging and enriching activities with a hot and healthy meal for children and young people during the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays. The scheme is available for primary and secondary school aged children and young people in receipt of free school meals.
Shantona Womens Centre
Shantona offer a unique range of support services focused on empowering women and strengthening families. Their diverse support services reach out to over 26 different communities, and our experienced team of staff and volunteers are also from a diversity of cultural backgrounds, speaking over 14 different languages between them.
MINDMATE SUPPORT
The MindMate Support Team is an early intervention Mental Health Support Team (MHST). The service aims is to improve access to support for children and young people, up to the age of 18 in education settings across Leeds, to prevent any emotional wellbeing difficulties becoming harder to manage.
Speak to a staff member at school if you feel that you would like to access this service. School can complete a “Request for Support” form. With your consent we will then be able to offer a staff consultation in the first instance to discuss your concerns and create a shared plan of support for you/your child.
Zarach
Zarach’s mission is to ensure that every child in England has a bed of their own. This gives them a greater chance to learn and succeed at school and impacts their wellbeing positively. Manor Wood can help to compete referrals to Zarach. Let the safeguarding team know if you are struggling and need help. Your information will be kept confidential.
Neurodiversity Information Hub
This is a one-stop information resource to support all neurodivergent (ND) children, young people and families in Leeds both WITH and WITHOUT formal diagnoses.
It is a common misconception that a formal diagnosis is required to access advice and support. This is not the case. The ND Info Hub advocates for a NEEDS-LED approach; information and recommendations are based on the area of strengths and needs, rather than formal diagnoses. It is important that individuals understand how to work with their brains, not against them, to thrive in their own way.
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Child Protection
This is a sensitive area in which all staff receive regular training and work together with other agencies to support the needs of children.
Read our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy which is based on the Leeds model policy but has been adapted to suit our particular context by school leaders and the governing body. Our policy is reviewed annually in line with any changes that may have been made to the model policy by the safeguarding team, or to reflect other changes and best practice. This is to ensure the integration of current issues and good practice.
Domestic Violence
Manor Wood Primary School is part of a project that runs jointly between schools and West Yorkshire Police. It has been established to support children who are resident in households where there are incidents of domestic violence and abuse. The initiative has been designed to provide confidential notification to schools on any incidents of domestic violence and abuse which occur within a child’s household that might have an impact on a child whilst he or she is in school. Clearly, this enables us to support a child who may come into school potential worries or emotional barriers to their learning.
This project ensures that members of the school staff are trained to use the information that has been shared in confidence and are able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children or their families. We work hard to offer the best possible support to our pupils and we believe this is beneficial for all those involved.
If you would like further support or information about domestic violence and abuse please go to :
The member of staff who is specifically trained is : Nim Matharu (DSL)
Other avenues offering information and support are available here
Attendance
Children’s attendance at school is monitored on a daily basis and notable absences or patterns of absences are followed up by the Pastoral Lead and in more serious cases the Attendance Strategy Team. We work with our families to address any barriers to attendance and encourage you to approach us so that we can work in partnership.
Online Safety, Social Media and Device Use
Today’s children are growing up in an increasingly complex world, living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. We want to equip our children with the knowledge needed to make the best use of the internet and technology in a safe, considered and respectful way, so they are able to reap the benefits of the online world.
Mrs Hayes has been promoting healthy device use at Manor Wood for over 10 years. She has worked with Leeds City Council to introduce Manor Wood’s No Device Week, which, with the support of Dr. Charlotte Armitage, was later adopted across Leeds primary schools and renamed Disconnect to Reconnect Week. Mrs Hayes has been interviewed on the topic by Look North, Heart Radio, Capital Radio, and featured in the Yorkshire Evening Post!
Smart Phone Free Childhood
'Smartphone free childhood' - sign the pact
It’s a simple online tool that allows parents to come together and choose to wait until at least the end of Year 9 to get their child a smartphone. Every region has their own Pact, and you can see how many other parents in your school, town and county have signed. Manor Wood Primary School are extremely proud of all the work we are doing around device use and our school community are currently FIRST PLACE within the West Yorkshire region! LEADER BOARD RESULTS PAGE - CLICK HERE
Staying safe online - Social Media for parents and carers of primary school aged children
Place2be offer a range of tools and support networks around keeping your children safe online, social media and forming healthy habits.
NSPCC - What are the risks of social media?
CEOP - Helping you to better protect your children online
CEOP - General information for parents
Designed for children to visit at home with their parents and carers, users complete 'badges' where they help the characters, Jessie, Tia and Mo, to identify when to 'Tell a Grown Up' (TAG) in different online situations.
CEOP - For the 4-7 year old age range
CEOP - For the 8-10 year old age range
The Virtual School - Looked After and Post Looked After Children
If you are the parent or carer of a Looked After Child and you would like for them to attend Manor Wood Primary, please contact the school office and ask to speak to the Headteacher and the Designated Teacher for Children Looked After. They will arrange a meeting with you to discuss the admissions process and the support that your child and your family can expect from us at school as well as the needs of your child and your family. You may also need to have a discussion with The Virtual School and the Admissions Team at Leeds City Council.
Our Inclusion and Pastoral Team are wonderful and they are very well qualified to work with Looked After or Post Looked After Children and have a great deal of experience in doing so - this includes academic and personal, social and emotional support. You would be very welcome to meet them too.
Who are Looked After Children?
Looked After Children are those where the council is a 'corporate parent' for a child because Children's Social Work Services or the Court of Justice have placed them in the care of the local authority. The council provide support and guidance that would normally be provided by parents to strengthen family relationships and parenting skills where required. They have the authority to make decisions based on what is deemed best for a child regarding their upbringing and their future. It would usually be a social worker who would contact the school to discuss the possibility of a place but this could be the child's carer.
Who are Post Looked After Children?
If a child has left the care of the local authority because they have been adopted, they have been granted a special guardianship order or a child arrangement order via the court, they are classed as Post Looked After Children. We are able to offer a wide range of support for these children and families too. It is the responsibility of the parent or carer to let us know that their child is post looked after on the Admissions Forms but this would usually be discussed when a family first approaches the school for a place.
We are always grateful to know as much as we possibly can about a child and their family background so that we can ensure the best level of support. This applies to all children who we welcome to our school.
The Virtual School
The Virtual School works alongside our school to monitor a child's attendance, attainment and achievement and makes sure that looked after children's education is a top priority in their care planning from the age of 3 to 18 and beyond to give them the best opportunity to be successful in their adult lives. We work with the child or young person’s carer, social worker and the virtual school along with any other outside agencies to develop a personal education plan or PEP. The PEPs are closely monitored and are reviewed on a very regular basis.
Funding for Children Looked After
There is additional funding to support children who are looked after, Pupil Premium Plus, which is administered by the Virtual School. For children who were previously looked after, we are able to access this funding directly via Leeds City Council as long as we have the information we require.
The Designated Teacher and Governor
All schools must appoint a designated teacher, responsible for:
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promoting education and raising staff awareness for looked after children
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ensuring the effective use of Pupil Premium Plus
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promoting inclusive schooling and high expectations
The Designated Teacher at Manor Wood is Mrs Humphries, the Headteacher. Kim Adams and Colette Kurylo are the governors responsible for Children Looked After. Both can be contacted via the school office.
Prevent Duty
On 1 July 2015 the Prevent Duty (section 26) of The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 came into force. This duty places the responsibility on local authorities and schools to have due regard for the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
Manor Wood Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils. As a school we recognise that safeguarding against radicalisation is as important as safeguarding against any other vulnerability.
- All staff are expected to uphold and promote the fundamental principles of British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. We believe that children should be given the opportunity to explore diversity and understand Britain as a multi-cultural society; everyone should be treated with respect whatever their race, gender, sexuality, religious belief, special need, or disability. As part of our commitment to safeguarding and child protection we fully support the Government's Prevent Strategy.
- All staff have had PREVENT training and are fully aware of the procedures in school. Members of our SLT also attend any Prevent updates/briefings that are offered to us and we adapt and change our procedures in line with up to date advice.
If you are concerned that a family member, friend, loved one or member of the community is expressing extreme views, hatred or could be being exploited by extremists, we can offer support and advice. Alternatively please visit: Actearly
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- Carr Manor Road,
Leeds,
LS17 5DJ - 0113 268 9160
- office@manorwood.owlcotesmat.org