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