Safeguarding
Howard Junior School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children at all times. We expect all staff, trustees and volunteers to share this commitment and training. Monitoring and reporting procedures are in place to ensure this commitment is realised. We aim to provide a safe environment that is conducive to learning. We also aim to identify children who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm and take appropriate action to keep them safe in school and at home when required. We have safer recruitment procedures in place as well as a range of policies and procedures to ensure that your child is safe whilst at school. We will take all appropriate measures to prevent unsuitable people working with children; promoting safe practice (and challenging unsafe practice), identifying instances in which there are grounds for concern about a child’s welfare, taking appropriate action to keep them safe and contributing to effective partnerships between all those involved with providing services for children. We also ensure we take all possible safeguarding steps to ensure all volunteers are suitable as they work in a position of trust within our school.
We have five Designated Safeguarding Leads. If you have any questions regarding the safety of a child during term-time, please contact one of us:
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Sophie Hopkins - Assistant Principal, SENCO & DSL
Location of office: Academy Leadership Team Office- rear of school
Contact Number: 01553 774511
email: sophie.hopkins@eastern-mat.co.uk
Alternative Designated Safeguarding Leads:
Linda Hothersall - Interim Executive Principal
Location of office: Academy Leadership Team Office- rear of school
Contact Number: 01553 774511
email: Linda.Hothersall@ega.eastern-mat.co.uk
Ashley Kirwan - Assistant Principal, Year 6 & DSL
Location of office: Academy Leadership Team Office- rear of school
Contact Number: 01553 774511
email: office@hjs.eastern-mat.co.uk
Alicia Ketteringham-McCourt - Year 3 teacher, Maths, PSHE Lead & DSL
Location of office: Year 3 lower floor classroom
Contact Number: 01553 774511
email: office@hjs.eastern-mat.co.uk
Karen Leadley - Admin Assistant & DSL
Location of office: Main School Office
Contact Number: 01553 774511
email: office@hjs.eastern-mat.co.uk
Outside of school hours
If you need assistance outside of school hours, at a weekend or during a school holiday you can contact the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
(NSPCC) 24 hours a day. You can do this via their website at: NSPCC , by telephone: 0808 800 5000, by text: 88858 or by email: help@nspcc.org.uk. Alternatively, you can contact CADS. The Children’s Advice and Duty Service is the service for people to raise a concern about the safety or welfare of a child. If a member of the public, including a parent, wishes to speak to someone about a concern over a child, you can do this by phoning the customer service centre on 0344 800 8020.
They will want to know why you have a concern, what you may know about the child and any other relevant information.
If you think a child is in immediate danger, do not delay: CALL 999 straight away