The KSL Early Help Offer

At Kirkdale St Lawrence CE we offer the following support to all of our families:

Access to school-based family support worker
Free breakfast club for all children
Morning collection by school minibus for targeted children with breakfast provided when they get off the bus
Trauma informed practise in school
Access to sensory rooms for children
Early signposting to outside support agencies
Monthly Big Breakfast events
Emergency food/fuel vouchers
Additional nursery hours for children with outside agency involvement
Provision of uniform/clothing for residential trips
Subsidise trips/residential holidays for all pupils
Open door policy for parents to access staff
Half-termly coffee mornings with agency support
Regular SEN drop-ins and ability to contact SENCO for support to complete forms and applications including printing them off and explaining details
Social Brokers on site to support families with correct access to benefits
Letters sent home in home languages
Contact via phone calls and texts to vulnerable families during school holidays
Pre-loved clothing sales
Access to Seedlings, MHST and ADHD Foundation therapy within school
Support from LFC Foundation - learning support and holiday food parcels
Christmas Cracker Event - school open for all school families to have a social gathering including hot meal, food parcel to take home and pre-loved clothing stalls
Help and support for parents to complete free school meal applications
Help and support for parents to complete applications for primary and secondary schools
Transport to and from sporting and off-site competitions
Bus tickets to appointments
Meetings arranged in school with outside agencies wherever possible
References from senior staff to support passport and residency applications
Supporting letters to housing associations