Keeping Safe
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and will strive to ensure:
- that the school provides a safe environment for children and young people to learn;
- that the required systems and procedures are in place to identify children and young people who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm.
- and will take appropriate action with the aim of making sure they are kept safe both at home and at school. All concerns are recorded on a safeguarding concern form.
Please see the Safeguarding Poster which shows our safeguarding team.
Alex Timpson Attachment Research Project
A generous gift of £750,000 from the Alex Timpson Trust will be used to fund a new research programme at the Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education at Oxford University. The gift will be released over the course of a five-year period, and will be used to establish the Timpson Attachment Programme, a research initiative focused on attachment awareness. Newsome High School are in this programme and our staff have had over 8 hours of training to further enhance their approach to wrap-around care for students. Click here for more information.
If students are worried about anything or would like to contact someone at School then there are many ways of doing this. They can either speak to a member of staff, use the ‘Talking Box’ located at the side of the main office window or email us at [email protected]
Please take time to read the Anti-Bullying Guide for Parents and Guardians
Anti Bullying Handbook for Parents & Guardians
Newsome are proud to work in conjunction with Kooth and Chat to ensure that our Students are able to access any help they may need. Please click the links below to find out more about these services;
https://www.thrivingkirklees.org.uk/chat-health/
Road Safety Questionnaire for students
Please take 5 minutes to watch this short clip about safety on the rail tracks, we shared this clip with all students in assemblies;
Child Safety & Well-being Parent Information Sessions..
Northorpe Hall Child & Family Trust are holding parent information sessions from April until July. The link below lists times, dates and locations of the sessions. To book on please call Northorpe Hall directly.
Child Safety & Well-being Information Sessions
PDBW Student Voice
Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare (PDBW) is a crucial aspect of school life. For any school to provide the opportunities for successful achievement PDBW must be strong. Since September there have been many changes to the different features of PDBW within our school.
These changes have been:
- A new fence to protect students at break and lunchtime.
- Changes to lunchtime procedures
- New Assistant Headteacher for PDBW and an Associate Leader for Safeguarding
- A new Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- A new delivery for PHSCEed(Personal, Health Social, Citizenship and Economic Education) – called Enrichmentland
- New school ethos – Everyone exceptional, Every Day
- New school values:
- Respect
- Integrity
- Teamwork
- Aspiration
- Focus on British Values of:
- democracy;
- the rule of law;
- individual liberty;
- Mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith.
- Knife Crime Awareness Assemblies
- Lots of campaign and awareness posters displayed around school.
- Assemblies based around topical issues and awareness days.
- Session delivered by WYP and the Youth Intervention Team
Therefore, we would like to have some student voice feedback which looks at how safe students feel at Newsome High School.
Many thanks
Mr Hinchliffe
Assistant Headteacher for PDBW
Student Voice Survey – Please click the link below to complete the survey;
Gang and Knife Crime Awareness
E Safety
CEOP
ThinkuKnow
Child Net
Sexual Exploitation
Parents Against Child Exploitation
NSPCC
Barnados
Not My Child – Parent’s Leaflet
Bullying (General & Cyber)
Bullying UK
Young Minds
stopcyber bullying.org
cybersmile
anti-bullyingalliance
bullying.co.uk
childline
There are plenty of ways to let us know if you have any issues in school. During the school day you can speak to any member of staff – we are always there to listen! However, if you feel more comfortable writing down your worries then please do so and drop them into the ‘Talking Box’ situated next to the main school office window or alternatively email them to us at [email protected]
If you have any worries outside of school hours (8am-3pm) you can contact Kooth until 10pm each evening or text Chat Health on 07520618866
Radicalisation
Educate Against Hate
Sexual Health
Get Connected
Terrence Higgins trust
NHS Choices
Drugs and Alcohol
NHS Choices
Talk to Frank
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Young Minds
Equality and Diversity
MESMAC – Sexuality Support