Safeguarding Team

Safeguarding

Welcome to our Safeguarding page. Here you will find information about the Safeguarding Team along with resources available to support Parents/Carers and Students from external providers.

Mr Freeman
Senior Deputy Headteacher
with strategic oversight of Safeguarding.

Mrs Thorner
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Student Wellbeing Lead / Trauma Informed Practitioner

Early Help Provision at Prince Henry’s

Early Help means providing support as soon as a problem appears, to stop it from getting worse. This could be at any point of a child’s life; from birth to the teenage years. Everyone needs help at some time in their lives and therefore an ethos of early help is important for any school. At Prince Henry’s we believe that early intervention for children or families, in many cases, will prevent children from experiencing harm and reaching crisis. Please look through our Wellbeing and Safeguarding information below to see how we can support you and your child/children during their time at Prince Henry’s.

Mrs Thorner
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Student Wellbeing Lead / Trauma Informed Practitioner

Wellbeing

At Prince Henry’s we are aware of the many challenges that our students face academically, emotionally and socially.

We are committed to supporting our students every step of the way through their journey at Prince Henry’s.

Our pastoral system offers a wide variety of internal support for our students and we have many external links to other agencies to which students and parents/carers can be signposted.

The initial contact for students will be their Form Tutor and/or the Head of Year. They can offer support and guidance for any issues and if necessary can refer or signpost them to further support packages/resources.

All of these services are available to our students and parents / carers. Please follow the link below to read about our Wellbeing support.

Mrs Walters
Lead School Counsellor

Mrs Burrows
School Counsellor

Mrs Bennett

NHS Wellbeing & Emotional Support Team

SAFEGUARDING TEAM

Please be aware that Prince Henry’s High School has a statutory responsibility to co-operate with other agencies, including Police and Social Care, when there are concerns about the safety and welfare of a child.

Prince Henry’s High School will ensure that the school maintains a mandatory, central log of recruitment and vetting checks, commonly known as a Single Central Record (SCR).

Prince Henry’s High School promotes the Single Central Record as a crucial safeguarding document that helps the School to demonstrate it has met the statutory requirements for safer recruitment, as detailed by Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, which ensures that all staff, volunteers, and contractors working with children are safe to do so.

The School will ensure that the SCR is regularly maintained, reviewed, and audited to ensure its accuracy and compliance with statutory guidance.

Our Safeguarding Team: