Safeguarding

Please find our Safeguarding Policy below.

Operation Encompass

Sunnyside will be taking part in a project that will run jointly between all schools in Middlesbrough and Cleveland Police.

This project, Operation Encompass, has been designed to provide early reporting to schools of any domestic abuse incidents that occur outside of normal school hours and that might have had an impact on a child attending school the following day. This information will be shared at the earliest opportunity between Monday to Thursday and, when an incident occurs on a Friday, Saturday or a Sunday, the police will contact us the following Monday.

A nominated member of staff, known as a key adult, will be trained to liaise with the police. 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. Information will be shared where it is identified that a child or young person was present, witnessed or was involved in a domestic abuse incident.

Operation Encompass was introduced in Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall, in February 2011 and has proved very effective in providing appropriate support in a timely manner. This initiative has been implemented across the Tees Valley. If you would like some more information about how Operation Encompass operates and the benefits of it, you can view it online at http://www.cleveland.police.uk/advice-information/OperationEncompass.aspx

We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our children and we believe this initiative is going to be extremely beneficial and supportive for all those involved.