School Locker Announcement

5th November 2021Sidique Tejan
You will be pleased to know that lockers are now available. If you would like your child to have one, please pay a deposit on ParentPay and fill in a Locker Agreement letter. Students can collect this letter from Reception. Once we have received your deposit and agreement letter, we will issue a locker. This could take up to a week. Lockers will be issued on a first come first served basis.

Vaccination announcement

14th September 2021Ms E Roberts

On 14th September 2021 the government announced that 12-15 year olds would be vaccinated within schools through an NHS delivery model.  We will be providing the space for vaccines to take place and assist by sending you all information from the NHS regarding vaccinations to you all.

School staff WILL NOT be involved in managing consent, vaccinations or talking to students or families about vaccinations: all this will the responsibility of the NHS.

Who will tell us about the vaccinations? 

The NHS will do this, the school will pass these details but all materials provided will be written by them with no input from the school.  We will use out website, email and text services to pass on this information.

Do I need to give consent?

Consent will be required.  Just like vaccinations for Flu and HPV the NHS will directly communicate with you (via the school) regarding consent. We are awaiting more information on consent and will share it with you when we have it.

What is the school’s role in vaccinations?

We provide a room/space for vaccinations and pass on all Information to you from the NHS.  In essence we have very little/nothing to do with the delivery of the program or the pre information sent to you.

I want to show my support/concern for the program: 

Please contact the NHS vaccination services if you wish to show support or concern for this roll out.  Anything sent to the school will simply be forwarded to appropriate bodies

What happens next? 

Following the announcement next week we anticipate that the government will add details to this over the coming days and weeks.  As soon as we have any details we will update you.

Who can I contact at school about this?

As always general enquiries can be sent to office@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk however we must stress we have no involvement in the organisation/promotion of this vaccination program.

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Sexual abuse in schools

1st April 2021Ms E Roberts

Whilst we all worked very hard every day to ensure our school, and all schools, are as safe as they can be for children we are faced recently with compelling evidence that for many school is not a safe space.

Today, 1st April, a dedciated NSPCC helpline 0800 136 663  for victims of sexual violence and harassment in schools has been opened. 

We are unequivocal in our message that sexual harassment, abuse or any mistreatment of  any member of our community is wrong and will not be tolerated at Heartlands High School. When victims of such treatment bravely come forward we envelop them in support and care.  We have onsite counselors, support workers and trained staff to assist them in telling their story and we always report all allegations to the police immediately and where necessary social services or professional bodies. You can read more about our local safeguarding arrangements and other policies HERE. 

We have a well trained, experienced and highly effective safeguarding team, their work is reviewed externally every year.  This team is led by the Headteacher and Ms Attreed, our designated safeguarding lead.  We support students daily in making sure that they are welcomed  into a calm and safe place of education.

The education we provide includes strong and regular messages around abuse and mistreatment: what it is, how to spot it and what to do if it is happening to you or someone you know.  Our SEARCH days provide the landscape for this and include touch points throughout the year, along with assemblies and form time sessions to ensure that this a regular message not a once a year reminder.  Our PHSE and SRE curriculum are reviewed every year and keep in line with advice from leading charities and advisory bodies

We will be undertaking some additional work around abuse in schools when we return from Easter break.

We hope that no member of the Heartlands family have ever endured abuse from any of their peers or staff members. We hope that no member of the Heartlands family will ever endure abuse from any of their peers or staff members. However we also know that to be blind to the possibility is to be blind to the problem.

We are reaching out to all our existing and previous students to ensure they know who they can talk to and how both now and in the future should they wish to share their story of abuse and be helped to take action.  In the Summer term we will also be undertaking ‘The Big HHS Ask’ a survey asking students anonymously about their school experiences and their feelings toward how the school manage issues such as peer on peer abuse.  This will frame any development work we may undertake in the coming months and years and hopefully give us a clear and honest picture of the landscape at HHS.

Together we can and will stop abuse in schools.

Other services which may help

  • Childline (24 hours)- 0800 11 11 
  • Crime Victims – Victim Support 0808 16 89 111 
  • Crimestoppers – Crime Prevention 0800 555 111 
  • NSPCC – Child Protection Helpline (24 hours) 0808 800 5000 
  • Samaritans (24 hours) -116 123 
  • The dedicated NSPCC helpline 0800 136 663 for victims of sexual violence and harassment in schools.Â