All school staff should be particularly alert to the potential need for Early Help for a child who: 

• Has mental health needs 

• Is a young carer 

• Has SEND 

• Has returned home from care 

• Is persistently absent from school or with patterns of absence 

• Lives in a home with alcohol or drugs misuse 

• Is living with domestic violence  

(Source KCSIE 2023) 

Early Help at Barnwood Park School is also offered in relation to the following areas in collaboration with other agencies: 

• Lack of engagement in learning or lack of academic progress 

• Developmental and learning or Speech and language delay 

• Emotional and behavioural needs 

• Child on Child abuse or Teenage Relationship Abuse 

• Harmful Sexualised Behaviour 

• Hate Incidents towards those with characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010 

• Parenting skills 

• Involvement or associations with Gangs and Youth Violence  

• Gender based violence or abuse (violence against women and girls, including FGM) 

• Honour Based Abuse or violence 

• Health and nutrition 

• Radicalisation or Extremism 

• Sharing of nude and or semi-nude images 

• Child Sexual or Criminal Exploitation 

• Bereavement 

• Physical Health 

• Risk of not being in Education or Employment post 16 

Examples of Early Help: 

• Family Support 

• Food Bank Referral 

• School Nurse Support 

• Housing Support 

• Mentoring and Tutoring 

• Behaviour Support 

• Attendance Support 

• Benefit Support