Wellbeing & Safeguarding
Elms Bank is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for children, staff and visitors. We promote a climate where children and adults feel confident about sharing any concerns which they may have about their own safety or the well-being of others. The welfare and safety of our students is paramount and we endeavour to promote the health, well-being and safety of all our students.
Every student has the right to protection, regardless of age, gender, race, culture or disability. Elms Bank will provide support to those children who have been abused or are at risk of abuse.
All adults in the school have a duty to promote the welfare and safety of our students in school and in their wider communities. We teach our learners to keep themselves safe, both within the school grounds and in the wider world. We work closely with parents and our safeguarding partners in Social Care, Health and Police to ensure that there is clarity and understanding of our procedures in relation to child protection.
Rebecca Carney is the Designated Safeguarding Lead, she is supported by a team of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.
Be Safe
We teach our learners to keep themselves safe, both within the school grounds and in the wider world. We work closely with parents and multi-agency support team (MAST) to ensure that there is clarity and understanding of our procedures in relation to child protection.
Be Well

Wellbeing is central to the role of the form teacher and class-based staff, all our pupils have a dedicated class team to support them. Every pupil has access to a bespoke wellbeing curriculum, through this, pupils are given opportunities to develop awareness of their own wellbeing and how they can improve their own mental health.
At Elms Bank we promote wellbeing through the 5 steps to excellence.
Pupils can also access additional or specialist support through the Pastoral Team, wellbeing groups, school nursing team, intervention sessions and a specialist counsellor.
Please further information on Form Time please click on the link - Guidance
Engagement & Wellbeing Team
Who are we?
What do we do?
We support pupils and families to promote excellent attendance by working with families to ensure all pupils feel happy and safe in school.
We promote pupil wellbeing through focused support, parental and family engagement.
How can you contact us?
You can contact us with any queries via email enquiries@elmsbank.oaklp.co.uk or by telephoning: 0161 766 1597 for Elms Bank School or 0161 674 0249 for Elms Bank College.
Private Fostering
A private fostering arrangement is one where children under the age of 16 or 18 in the case of disabled children, are cared for and provided with accommodation in the carer’s own home, by a carer who is not their parent or a close relative*, does not have parental responsibility for a period of 28 days or more. In these circumstances, it is the responsibility of the parent, carer, and anyone else involved in making the private fostering arrangement, to notify their local authority (LA) of the private fostering arrangement.
*A relative as defined by The Children Act 1989 ‘means a grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle (whether of full blood, half blood or by marriage) or step parent.’
This definition thus excludes cousins, great grandparents and co-habitees.
Privately fostered children include:
• Children sent from abroad to stay with another family for 28 days or more
• Asylum seeking and refugee children staying with non-relatives or friends for 28 days or more.
• Teenagers who are staying with friends or ‘non’ relatives for 28 days or more.
• Children on ‘exchange’ visits living with host families for 28 days or more.
Where the arrangements come to the attention of the school or college (and the school or college is not involved in the arrangements), they should then notify the local authority to allow the local authority to check the arrangement is suitable and safe for the child. Schools and colleges who are involved (whether or not directly) in arranging for a child to be fostered privately must notify local authorities of the arrangement as soon as possible after the arrangement has been made.
Therefore, in either case, we will notify the local authority of the arrangements.
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