is your 24-hour information point, providing you with all the advice you need to develop a successful schools career in our West London borough.
Whether you currently work in a school, as a Teacher, Administrator, Caretaker or any other member of the school workforce, or you are interested in working in a school; we aim to provide you with all the information you need to join us and develop your working life in the London Borough of Hounslow.
Our Vacancies page lists the latest job opportunities in our schools and is accessible from the top of every page. Our NQT Recruitment campaigns can be found via the Teaching tab in the left-hand menu.
Events and News
Our NQT Primary Pool opens on Thursday 24th November 2011 and closes on Tuesday 28th February 2012. Short-listing will place and successful candidates will be invited for interview during March.
Our NQT Secondary Database closes on Thursday 31st May 2012 although candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Please go to the Teaching section of our site for more information.
Safeguarding Statement
The London Borough of Hounslow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
There is a duty on local authorities, schools and further Education colleges in England to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
In Hounslow, we take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously, and we work hard to make sure our schools and other organisations have effective safeguarding systems in place. This includes sharing a common objective across our organisations to help keep children and young people safe by contributing to:
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providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn in education settings; and
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identifying children and young people who are likely to suffer significant harm and taking appropriate action with the aim of making sure they are kept safe both at home and in the education setting.
Achieving the common objective means that, in the London Borough of Hounslow:
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We aim to ensure that the staff in our schools and the wider Education Services have the skills, means and training necessary to ensure that the children and young people we teach and provide services for, are protected from harm;
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We aim to ensure that our schools and other organisations have effective and up to date policies and procedures in place on all aspects of safeguarding children;
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We have procedures in place for dealing with allegations of abuse against staff who work with children;
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We provide a range of advice and support for staff who work in our schools and other organisations where there are children and young people;
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We aim to provide recruitment best practice and to keep under review our management and organisational arrangements for safeguarding;
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We make sure that Induction Training for all new staff who will work with children includes training on safeguarding that will enable them to fulfill their responsibilities in respect of child protection effectively;
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We make sure that suitable refresher training is available to all staff who work with children, that keeps their skills and knowledge in child protection and safeguarding up to date.
Within our borough, we aim to ensure that all members of staff who work with children and young people in both our schools and other Education settings, are competent and confident practitioners who contribute routinely to keeping the children and young people of Hounslow safe.