Lyme Community Primary School works in partnership with St Helens Local Authority and Merseyside Police. This project is called Operation Encompass, it has been designed to provide early reporting of any domestic violence incidents that occur outside of school, which may have an impact on a child in school. This is done through a report to school following an incident.

The project ensures that at least one member of the school staff, known as the 'Key Adult' is trained to liaise with the police and to use the information that has been shared, in confidence.
In this way, we aim to support each child who has been involved in, or witnessed, a domestic abuse incident. 

The 'Key Adults' at Lyme are Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Lammond.

If they receive an Encompass message, they will make sure that support is available for the child if needed. For example, keeping an eye on them throughout the day or making a trusted adult available for them to talk to.

All schools have a duty to share any information with other organisations if they feel a child is at risk of being hurt. The Key Adult may contact other organisations. This is described in our child protection policy.

The sharing of information from the Police allows the school to be ready to help your child straight away, and it means that parents are aware that the Key Adult knows that something has happened. Parents can also come and talk to our Key Adult. The Key Adult can point you towards other people that can help.
 

Our aim is to support our children and their families. Please see the additional information attached.