The national oral health survey of 5-year-old children takes place every two years, and the latest figures in Haringey demonstrate that 29% of children had one or more decayed, missing or filled teeth. This results in pain, infections, difficulty with eating, sleeping and socialising and is also linked to school absences.
The survey will be taking place again this year, and children from the Haringey primary schools listed below have been selected to take part by Public Health England.
Written consent from parents will be sought prior to the examination, which is a brief, simple examination of the mouth, using mobile equipment. The local fieldwork team for Haringey consists of a dentist and dental nurse. A short film (external link) is available, showing what happens on examination day and explaining why it is important to support this survey. The teams are child friendly and should cause no distress.
The schools selected to participate are:
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Alexandra Primary School |
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School |
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Bounds Green Infant School |
Lordship Lane Primary School |
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Bruce Grove Primary School |
Muswell Hill Primary School |
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Campsbourne Infant School |
Noel Park Primary School |
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Coldfall Primary School |
Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary School |
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Coleridge Primary School |
Risley Avenue Primary School |
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Crowland Primary School |
St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School |
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Earlham Primary School |
St Ignatius RC Primary School |
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Earlsmead Primary School |
Tetherdown Primary School |
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Harris Academy Tottenham |
The Devonshire Hill Nursery & Primary School |
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Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park |
Welbourne Primary School |
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Highgate Primary School |
Weston Park Primary School |
Whittington Health NHS Trust Community Dental Department has contacted the above schools to seek cooperation in carrying out the survey but has not yet received a response from all schools.
If your school has not yet agreed to support the survey, please contact Yatee Stevens, Referral Management Assistant, via email and identify a staff member within the school who can assist with the survey.
If your school has already agreed to participate, thank you for your cooperation. In preparation for the survey we would like to ask you to strongly encourage parents of participating children to return their consent form so that they can take part.