Safeguarding

If you have any concerns about a child at Holy Trinity then please contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads.

If you have a concern about a child that is urgent or during the school holiday then please contact the Single Point of Access (SPA) on 020 8547 5008.

You can contact our safeguarding team using the email safeguarding@htprimary.com

March 31, 2025

Andy George | email

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Designated Teacher for Children Looked After

September 3, 2023

Sophie Brunt | email

Assistant Headteacher, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

January 8, 2023

Claire Bell | email

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

September 4, 2020

Louise Allard | email

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Designated Teacher for Children Looked After

February 6, 2024

Francis Neal | email

Co Chair and Parent Governor - Lead Safeguarding Governor

January 6, 2024

Keeping Safe

Measures to keep everyone safe include:

Staff recruitment and selection – ensuring that all staff have been appropriately checked for their suitability, using the Safe Recruitment procedures.
Raising awareness of safeguarding issues and equipping children with the skills needed to keep themselves safe.
Developing and implementing procedures for identifying and reporting cases, or suspected cases, of abuse.
Establishing a safe and nurturing environment free from discrimination or bullying, where children can learn and develop happily.

We recognise that because of their day-to-day contact with children, school staff are ideally placed to observe the outward signs of abuse. Staff in schools will therefore:

Report any inappropriate behaviour / activities to designated staff.
Establish and maintain an environment where children feel secure, are encouraged to talk and are listened to.
Ensure that children know that they can approach any adult in school if they are worried and they will receive a consistent, supportive response.
Provide, within the PSHE curriculum, opportunities for children to develop the skills they need to recognise, and stay safe, from abuse.

Follow the link to our Online Safety Policy and Keeping Children Safe (formally Safeguarding & Child Protection) Policy 2025

If you have any concerns about the welfare or safety of a child or young person you can call the Single Point of Access (SPA)

Call 020 8547 5008 from 8am to 5.15pm, Monday to Thursday, and 8am to 5pm on Friday.
During out of hours, phone 020 8770 5000.

The Single Point of Access is a multi-agency team, managed by Achieving for Children, who work closely with a wide range of teams and partner agencies and facilitates different levels of support depending on the needs of the child, young person and their family. You can contact them to request support, or to report a concern about a child or young person.

Early Help can also be accessed by making an online referral through the Single Point of Access using the link below:

Single Point of Access Online Referral

In an emergency or if you think a child is in immediate danger you should call 999.

A further source of information and guidance can be found on the NSPCC website from the link below.

www.nspcc.org.uk

Our Early Help Offer

What is Early Help?

The purpose of early help is to prevent issues and problems becoming serious and harmful to a child or young person, their family and community. When children and families need this extra support, they often need it quickly. At Holy Trinity, we offer a range of Early Help support and during a child’s time at our school many of them, and their families, will access some form of Early Help.

What does Early Help for pupils include?

1:1 or group support focusing on:

Promoting resilience.
Promoting friendship.
Promoting positive behaviour and attitudes to learning.
Support with bereavement, family breakdown or other trauma.
Promoting attendance (school refusal).
Support with social and emotional regulation.

What does Early Help for families include?

Signposting and access to a variety of parent workshops in school and on the school’s website led by the MHST (see Wellbeing section).
Assistance in completing paperwork and forms e.g. housing, referral forms, letters of support, foodbank vouchers, wraparound care.
Advice and support in promoting positive behaviour at home.
Providing information and signposting to other services in the local area.
Liaising with a range of external services including the Riverbank Trust, but others such as housing and Family Support Workers.

Who provides Early Help support in school?

Early Help support is provided by a variety of staff across our school, however, it is usually overseen by Miss Ashby. If a parent/carer approaches a staff member about Early Help support, they will discuss this with Miss Ashby (or Mr George) to decide on next steps.

Where a referral to another professional is seen as beneficial, such as to our Educational Wellbeing Practitioner (see our Wellbeing section), Family Support, Riverbank or a concern about your child’s learning and a referral to the professionals involved with this, for example CAMHS, the school will either make the referral or work with the family to support the referral and next steps.

Operation Encompass

Holy Trinity is part of the Operation Encompass scheme which has been designed to provide early reporting on any domestic incidents that occur outside of school and might have an impact on a child in school. Operation Encompass will ensure that a member of school staff is informed if there has been a domestic incident so we can ensure that the child is supported whilst they are in school. www.operationencompass.org

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CEOP

If you have concerns about online safety, you should report this to the School. However, you (adult or pupil) can report your concerns to CEOP, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre by clicking the link below. You can visit the CEOP website at https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk.

CEOP Internet Safety

Online Safety

Online Safety Policy February 2025

Online is a priority at Holy Trinity. Therefore, the teaching of it is embedded throughout the curriculum in other subjects. It is also taught explicitly in our Computing lessons at the start of each year. All the children and staff complete an Acceptable Use Agreement which can be viewed within our Online Safety Policy. All of this enables our children to feel secure and confident when using digital technology.

Using technology and the internet is a fantastic way to learn new things and keep in touch with people but it is important that we all keep ourselves safe online. Remember these tops tips.