Any safeguarding/child protection concerns should be reported to the Year Leaders:
Ms C Skeggs – Year 9 Leader
Mr M Feakins Ward – Year 10 Leader
Mrs D Stannard – Year 11 Leader
Mr B Elliott – Pastoral Leader (Key Stage 3)
Or, if urgent, to the Designated Child Protection Officer Mrs J Gunther. In her absence, please contact the Deputy Officers, Mr D Grimwood/Mr G Heighway.
If you have been are unable to speak to a member of the Pastoral Team by telephone, please use the following email address: [email protected]
This facility is monitored between 08:00 and 16:00 during term time. If you need support outside of these hours please refer to our Student Support section on this website, which has contact numbers/email addresses for various agencies who may be able to help you directly.
A list of other agencies who offer support for students and parents/carers can be found under the Student Support section on this website.
Support for Parents – Dealing with the Challenges of Parenting
There are a number of independent organisations that are able to offer support to parents. Courses on offer cover various topics and their websites contain a host of useful information, please see below.
Essex Safeguarding Children Board – www.escb.co.uk
The ESCB website contains a wealth of information for parents and carers.
In addition, they have a number of useful ‘Lets Talk About……’ publications. Effective Support Booklet
Family Lives (formally Parent Line) – www.familylives.org.uk Tel: 0808 800 22 22
Family Lives is a national family support charity providing help and support in all aspects of family life. We are here for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We listen, support and never judge. We believe that happy children come from happy families.
‘Extra Support for Families’ – www.extrasupportforfamilies.co.uk
EXTRA is a local organisation which acts as a central agency to co-ordinate the provision of parenting support throughout Tendring. They offer help and support to anyone caring for children in the Tendring district to assist them with the challenges of parenting.
EXTRA’s activities can help to develop your self-confidence and parenting skills. This will help you to bring out the best in your child, reduce conflict in the home, improve family relationships and build confidence to cope with future changes. They offer local opportunities for parents to meet, organise one-off workshops and offer a range of parenting programmes.
EXTRA offers local opportunities to gain information, advice and support and meet other parents at one-off workshops, support groups and parenting courses. Courses are for parents/carers of children of all ages including those with additional needs. Activities are free, with refreshments and many have a crèche.
For more information contact EXTRA – Tel: 01255 475001 or email: [email protected]
The Ministry of Parenting – Based in Colchester, this is an exciting, innovative and growing Community Interest Company that works with parents and professionals to develop creative evidence-based solutions to the challenges faced by families in society today. Their website contains a wealth of information for parents to help them deal with the challenges of bringing up their children – ‘The Ministry of Parenting‘ – www.theministryofparenting.com
Essex Travel Training – www.travel-training.co.uk
Travel Training helps people with special educational needs or disabilities to travel independently on buses and trains. Their award-winning service has helped over 2,500 students and adults get more from life by giving them the confidence to travel independently.
Autism Anglia – www.autism-anglia.org.uk
Enhancing the lives of people on the autism spectrum across East Anglia. The Autism Advice Service provides support, advice, and guidance to individuals, families, and professionals. The team has extensive knowledge of local services, offering free information and can signpost to other support agencies.
The Maze Group – www.themazegroup.co.uk
• The MAZE is a unique approach, which offers an insight into how children with additional needs experience the world around them. They can help you to:
• Understand how your child is affected by his/her additional needs, and why they present in the way they do.
• Unpick challenging behaviours and explore how to replace these with functional skills.
• Explore how to improve emotional well-being and promote self-esteem.
• Understand how to secure good educational provision and gain access to services for your child.
•Share experiences with other parents of children with additional needs.
Interact – www.interact.org.uk
An innovative, enterprising, local Essex based charity that delivers support where needed most – in the heart of the community. Promoting creativity and empowerment InterAct is dedicated to improving the emotional well-being and opportunities of young people and young adults with disabilities, primarily learning disabilities/difficulties and autism, and individuals, families and communities who experience barriers through disability, challenging mental health, other disadvantaged and social difficulties.
Essex Youth Service – Young Carers – youth.essex.gov.uk
Information about children and young people who act as Young Carers for family members.
Including a link to ‘Refer a young carer for support’.
MindEd – mindedforfamilies.org.uk
A free helpful learning resource for families and carers about mental health.
Mid & North Essex Mind – www.mnessexmind.org
We believe no one should have to face a mental health problem alone – We work with children from the age of 5 and adults of all ages. We are on your doorstep and on the end of a phone. Whether your stressed, depressed or in crisis, we will listen, give you support and advice and fight your corner. In addition, we will push for a better deal and respect for everyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Essex Crisis Cafe
The Prevent Strategy
Essex Police have launched their Prevent Strategy which:
• Responds to the ideological challenge we face from terrorism and aspects of extremism, and the threat we face from those who promote these views
• Provides practical help to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support
• Works with a wide range of sectors (including education, criminal justice, faith, charities, online and health) where there are risks of radicalisation that we need to deal with.
The strategy covers all forms of terrorism, including far right extremism and some aspects of non-violent extremism. However, we prioritise our work according to the risks we face.
If parents wish to find further information about this topic please check the Essex Police PREVENT website –
www.essex.police.uk/advice/
Report Abuse in Education helpline
0800 136 663