Physical Abuse may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scolding, drowning, suffocating or otherwise, causing physical harm to a child.  Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer feigns the symptoms of, or deliberately causes ill health to a child whom they are looking after.

Emotional Abuse is sometimes called psychological abuse. Emotional abuse is ongoing emotional maltreatment. It can involve deliberately trying to scare or humiliate a child. It can also involve isolating or ignoring a child. Emotional abuse often happens at the same time as neglect or other abuse. It may involve conveying to a child that they are worthless or unloved, inadequate or valued in so far as they meet the needs of another person. It may feature age of developmentally inappropriate expectations being imposed on children.  It may involve causing children to frequently feel frightened or in danger, or the exploitation or corruption of children. Some level of emotional abuse is involved in all types of ill-treatment of a child, though it may occur alone.

Neglect is the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs. It is likely to result in the serious impairment of the child’s health or development. Neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to provide adequate food and clothing; shelter, including exclusion from home; failing to protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger, or the failure to ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment. It may also include a failure to meet a child’s basic emotional needs.

Sexual Abuse involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to take part in sexual activities, including prostitution, whether the child is aware of what is happening or not. The activities can include physical contact, including penetrative or non-penetrative acts. They may include non-contact activities, such as children looking at, or being involved in the production of pornographic material or watching sexual activities or encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways.  Research by the NSPCC found that 72 percent of sexually abused children do not tell anyone about what happened at the time, and that 31 percent still have not told anyone by early adulthood.

Financial Abuse or material abuse, including theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits.  This will normally only be applicable to adults at risk, but may apply to a child in circumstances such as a parent using a child’s inheritance or compensation in a way that does not contribute to the child’s wellbeing.

Operation Encompass is a partnership between police and schools.

One of the principles of Operation Encompass is that all incidents of domestic abuse are shared with schools, not just those where an offence can be identified. The Designated and Deputy Designated Safeguard Lead will be notified prior to the start of the next school day that the police have attended an incident of domestic abuse. This timely information sharing enables appropriate support to be provided for that child so that all interactions, from when the child first arrives at the school gates, are of a positive nature. For further information, please follow the following links: 

To promote student wellbeing, we actively engage with a wide variety of external agencies to access specialist help and support, when necessary.  

Please find a few of the direct website links to these organisations below.
However, if you are concerned about your child’s wellbeing or feel your child could benefit from any specialist support, please contact the school directly.

School Based Counselling

TalkingZone counselling service is for young people attending secondary schools in Newport. TalkingZone provides The John Frost School with a counsellor who works with any student wishing to talk about their personal problems.  Counselling is private and confidential and available for all students who wish to refer themselves for this service. Click the link below for more information.

Further useful links and websites:

Additional Support 

Click on the link below for a copy of the Welsh Government "Keeping Learners Safe: The role of local authorities, governing bodies and proprietors of independent schools under the Education Act 2002"

Here is a list of useful websites to check.
For more detailed information and more links, see our Online Safety page.

• Domestic Abuse - Living Fear Free Helpline: 0808 80 10 800

*The Parent Advice Line is open on Mondays and Tuesdays, 9:30am-2:30pm.
If not available at the time you call, you can leave a message with your name and best contact number, or send an email, and we will soon be in touch. They can also call you back to ensure that we are covering the cost of the call.

For the school policy on Anti-Bullying please click here to go to our Policies page.