Presentation from Louise Browning, Headteacher at Norbury School in Harrow.

3. BASICS
 Attendance
 Absences
 Holiday Requests
 Known family information
 Trends in behaviour
 Trends in achievement
 Child Protection Policy

4. NORBURY – FGM AWARENESS
 Child Protection Policy*
 NSPCC – PANTS programme Nursery – year6
 FGM Education programme Yr3 – 6
 FGM Education focus group
 FGM training for over 20 schools in Harrow, 45 heads in Ealing &
Multi-agency in Newham
 UNICEF Rights of the Child

7. PARENTS
 No pupils excluded from FGM Awareness lessons
 Parents supportive
 Parents shocked FGM is happening…
 Procedures transparent, not victimised
 Unhappy, though accepting when challenged

8. “I wasn’t happy & questioned why this
was happening to my family. But the
school talked me through it, so did the
Social worker & the police were great.
I am just cross at being questioned;
embarrassed…”

9. CHALLENGES
 Tricky conversations
 Do use scientific words for genitals
 Make your policy & procedures known
 Make your stance ‘non-judgemental’ yet strong
 Schools can feel like the ‘poor relation’ to Children's’ services &
the police…

10. MAKE THE CHANGE TODAY
 All schools have PANTs or similar programme from Nursery*
 Training part of annual plan
 Know community which you serve
 All schools to know their Link Officer
 All schools ready for 'difficult conversations’
 Ofsted more aware of the key trends in communities schools serve
 Attendance & reasons monitored prior to/post holidays
 Adverts key places in schools, libraries to keep raising awareness
 WORKING with your community; support network

11. RESOURCES
 Created our own with our multi-agency, community focus group
 Created a film to empower other schools to be BRAVE
 Local Woman’s centre
 NHS Resource Directory
 Barnado’s
 Local Mosque
 Working & training in others schools; improved our delivery
 Professional, trusted relationships with police, childrens’ services

12. SUMMARY

13. SUCCESSES
 Key team at the Core
 Multi-agency Working Party
 25/48 schools in London Borough of Harrow
 Ealing, Brent, Newham,
 Home Office Case Study
 UCL Platinum Award for CPD
 Working with Met Police: project Azure
 Working with Bristol on primary school project

14. NEXT STEPS
 Secondary School: Sisterhood project
 Working across 10 boroughs bringing training (Barnardo's)
 All schools in London run the PANTS programme
 All schools in London have the designated FGM lessons
 All schools to know & support UNICEF Rights of the Child