Holy Trinity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding means:

• protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
• preventing harm to children’s health or development
• ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.
• Child protection is part of the safeguarding process. It focuses on protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. This includes child protection procedures which detail how to respond to concerns about a child.

Who should I contact?

If you have any safeguarding concerns please don't hesitate to contact us at school. We have a designated safeguarding team consisting of:

Designated Safeguarding Lead: Linda Thompson

Learning Mentor & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead :Jude Rankin

Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Jenny Morrell

Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Helen Daniels

Safeguarding Governor: Father Neil Brunskill

If you are ever unsure please contact the school office on 01704 538 366 or email office@holytrinityprimary.co.uk and we will be able to help you.

Sefton Social care 

If you are worried that a child may be suffering significant harm, or if you are concerned that a child has suffered harm, neglect or abuse, please follow the advice below.

Members of the public can:

• Call the Contact Centre on 0345 140 0845 between the following hours:
  Monday to Thursday – 9am to 5.30pm
  Fridays – 9am to 5pm
  Please note: these opening hours will be reviewed weekly as we manage staffing levels that are being impacted by Covid-19.

• Contact the emergency duty team on 0151 934 3555 for urgent advice outside of the above hours, and at weekends. If you think a child is in immediate danger call for police assistance.

Please provide as much information as possible in order for them to respond to your concerns.

We appreciate that making a referral to children’s Social Care may be difficult for you. Please be reassured that your concerns will be recorded and any response carefully considered, and if you would prefer you can remain anonymous.

At Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, we strive to provide a caring environment where everyone in our school community feels safe, confident, valued and respected. We participate in a police led initiative called Operation Encompass. This is a partnership between schools and the police that helps schools to better support any child where a domestic incident has been reported to police from their home.

Following a domestic incident, the police will make contact with the child’s school via a secure email (within 15 minutes) and will communicate relevant information to our fully trained safeguarding team. This will ensure that as a school, we are made aware early enough, to support children and young people in a way that means they feel safe, supported and listened to. It will also provide an opportunity for school to offer support to the whole family. Our aim is to ensure that everyone can live and work together enabling all to reach their full potential - emotionally, socially and intellectually.

The initiative was launched force-wide at the beginning of 2015. It is active in all Merseyside schools. You can find out more about Operation Encompass via the following site: