Preview: Little Learners, Big Lessons: North London Pupils Explore Construction Safety With the Hill Group

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13 Nov 2025

Little Learners, Big Lessons: North London Pupils Explore Construction Safety With the Hill Group

Award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, has partnered with Chestnuts Primary School in North London to launch a vital health and safety campaign. The initiative took place at North Gate Park, located directly opposite the school in Harringay. Through this collaboration, Hill aims to educate children about the potential dangers of construction sites and promote greater awareness of safety in their local environment.

Hill is hosting a tailored series of health and safety presentations delivered to pupils at the school throughout October. To help engage the children, the event features interactive construction-themed games, followed by a 'Meet the Diggers' experience on site at North Gate Park. The Hill Group's much-loved mascot Billy the Bear was in attendance to demonstrate the rules that must be observed around building sites. The children also received specially prepared goodie bags to mark the occasion.

Rebecca Littler, Group Sales and Marketing Director at The Hill Group, comments: “While construction sites can appear exciting to children, they are full of hidden dangers that can have serious consequences. As a housebuilder dedicated to putting health and safety first, we make it a priority to educate local communities. Thank you to headteacher Mrs Horwood for helping us to raise awareness of the importance of site safety. We are grateful to all the children of Chestnuts Primary School who took part, for bringing such great energy and focus to the sessions.”

Mrs Katie Horwood, Headteacher at Chestnuts Primary School, adds: “We are so grateful to Hill for giving the children the opportunity to learn about site safety. They really enjoyed the construction-themed activities and the chance to 'meet the digger,' while learning important safety messages. This valuable initiative showed how safety around construction sites can be taught in a fun and engaging way.”

In efforts to promote site safety among children, The Hill Group offers a Site Safety Booklet reinforcing the importance of safety around construction sites.

North Gate Park is a collection of stylish one to four-bedroom homes, created in partnership with Peabody, located near Green Lanes in Harringay, one of North London's most vibrant areas.

At the heart of the development lies Mulberry Gardens, a beautifully reimagined green space that has tripled in size from its original 1920s footprint. It retains mature trees from the historic layout while introducing extensive planting, open lawns, and a welcoming playpark. Across North Gate Park, green spaces and pathways have been sensitively designed around existing trees, creating a seamless connection to nature and a sense of calm throughout the community.

Beyond the campaign, further activities are planned with the school, including a Name the Block competition hosted at Chestnuts Primary School, giving children the chance to win a selection of gift vouchers.

As part of Hill's wider commitment to community engagement, a Kindness Shop event was also held on site on 5 November. The activity was planned to coincide with World Kindness Day (13 November) and saw a range of gifts given out to local families in need, such as toiletries and toys, as well as board games and children's clothing – in exchange for a pledge of kindness, such as helping an elderly neighbour or looking out for someone else in need.

For more information about North Gate Park, please visit www.hill.co.uk/north-gate-park, email hello@northgatepark.co.uk or call 020 8501 8777. Prices for a one-bedroom apartment at North Gate Park start from £375,000.

For further media information contact Nicola Borrow at The Oracle Group:

020 8394 2821 or email: hillsales@oraclepr.co.uk.

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About The Hill Group

The Hill Group is a top 10 housebuilder* and one of the leading developers in London, the home counties, and the South. The company is renowned for its partnership ethos, specialising in the building of distinctive new places and communities where people want to live, work, and socialise.

In its 26th year, this family run company has grown to establish itself as the UK's second-largest privately-owned housebuilder, with an impressive and diverse portfolio of projects ranging from landmark, mixed-use regenerations, and inner-city apartment developments to homes in rural communities.

Employing over 950 people, the company operates from five strategically located regional offices including Bristol and Abingdon to help facilitate growth in the South West and the Midlands, with its head office based in Waltham Abbey, Essex.

Hill completed more than 2,800 homes in the last financial year and has a development pipeline of over 32,000 homes, including 10,200 with planning consent. Around half of its portfolio is in joint ventures to deliver a range of mixed-tenure developments, reflecting Hill's commitment to partnerships with government, local authorities, housing associations, and private clients.

Since the company was founded in 1999, Hill has won over 500 industry awards, including the esteemed title of WhatHouse? Housebuilder of the Year in 2015, 2020 and 2023. Most recently in 2024, Millside Grange in Croxley Green won The Standard's Homes & Property Award for Best Commuter Home.

Hill's dedication to delivering the highest quality homes and exceptional customer service has earned the housebuilder its 5-star status in the Home Builders Federation's annual Customer Satisfaction Survey for the past eight years. Hill is a registered developer with the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) and follows the New Homes Quality Code (NHQC), a new industry standard to ensure high-quality homes and an exceptional customer experience. With a score of 4.8 out of 5, Hill is also ranked as the number one housebuilder on Trustpilot.

In addition, Hill is donating 200 fully equipped modular homes to local authorities and homeless charities as part of a £15 million pledge through its Foundation 200 programme, launched in 2019 to mark Hill's 20th anniversary.

*The Hill Group was listed within the top 10 of the Top 150 UK Contractors and Housebuilders published by Building.co.uk in December 2024