Parents & Carers Support

Our school is participating in the Operation Encompass partnership scheme, between local schools, academies, colleges, community health agencies, and Leicestershire Police.

Operation Encompass was  set up to provide early reporting to schools etc., 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.

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

A nominated member of college staff, known as an Encompass Key Adult, has been trained to liaise with the police. In our school this is our school Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mr Rob Cooper.  He will be able to use the information that has been shared to ensure that the school is able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children or their families. Information shared with the school under Operation Encompass will be treated as  confidential. It will only be shared with staff working with students directly affected to ensure their well-being and safety. It will not be shared it with other school students.

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 Leicestershire Police area.  If you would like some more information about it, you can view it online at www.operationencompass.org.

We are keen to offer the best support possible for our pupils and their families and a recent review of Operation Encompass showed that it is beneficial and supportive for all those involved.