Safeguarding

Safeguarding

Hillside Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school. All concerns are passed through the members of staff who are trained as "Designated Safeguarding leads” in school in compliance with the guidance.

The Designated Safeguarding Lead is the Headteacher Mr Davies. The deputies are the Deputy Headteacher, Ms. O'Connor and the Raising Standards Lead, Mrs Mason  They are supported by a team of other teachers and members of the support staff.

If you have any serious concerns about your child or any other pupil at Hillside Junior School please do not hesitate to contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead who knows who to contact for the best advice and help and is experienced in using the appropriate degree of confidentiality.

For the best interests of all our children we use all current guidance / advice from the DFE etc. following safeguarding policies and measures:

DFE - Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 (Statutory Guidance)

HM-Gov - Working together to Safeguard Children 2018

The following policies and guidance are followed as part of our commitment to safeguarding

Anti-bullying

Behaviour Policy

Child Protection

Data protection

Drugs and Substance Misuse

Equal Opportunities

Equality Policy

E-Safety Policy

Health Care Policy

Emergency & Disaster Plan 

Dealing with allegations against teachers and other staff

Prevent

PSHE including SRE

Safer Recruitment & Selction Policy and Procedure 

Protocol for children left after school

Safeguarding statement in School Brochure

School visits

Sex Education

Staff Handbook - guidance on conduct

Volunteers

Use of photographs/video

Whistle blowing

Early Help Assessment & Team Around the Family

At Hillside Junior School, we want every child to ‘be the best they can be’, so we believe that every child deserves the best opportunity to fulfil their physical, emotional, intellectual and social potential.

Many families, at one time or another, need extra support. At Hillside Junior School, we use The Early Help Assessment (EHA) tool to help you. This is a national standardised approach that can be used across all services working with children, young people and their families to offer early intervention and support.  Our aim is to ensure that you and your family receive the right support at the right time from the right professionals.

The assessment is designed to be shared between professionals and used as a starting point for planning a positive way to support the child and to begin to make forward steps in meeting the child's needs. Key to the assessment process is working in partnership with families and the child or young person. Even if you do not live in Hillingdon, we can access support from neighbouring boroughs for you.

The assessment is completed to identify what assistance you and your family need and what to do next. Once an assessment is completed, the person completing the assessment may be able to help you themselves or may refer you to another service. In some cases, it may be more appropriate for a Team Around the Family meeting to be arranged.

For further information and guidance, please click on the image below.