Catching up - Supplementary Schools

Over the last few months we have got to know quite a few of Barnet's Supplementary Schools. These are schools run largely by volunteers, delivering aspects of the national curriculum in mother tongue languages - and also reinforcing the principles and culture of local communities. In Barnet there are about 30 supplementary schools in the Barnet Supplementary Schools Forum. My work has been to promote safeguarding, and the development of local safeguarding leads for each school. The work of these groups is fantastic - and in the main, not well known.