Community Support and Useful Links

If you are a parent or carer, we hope you will find the web links below useful.

Help for Families

We understand that it's hard to be a parent and at times children and families need some extra support. We want you to know that it is OK to ask for help. 

Why might you need help?

Overuse of the internet, behaviour, anxiety, school refusal, friendship concerns, parenting support classes, medical advice, housing, safeguarding, finding out about and accessing external services, SEND, drugs, alcohol, gangs, online safety...

How to get help

Have a conversation with a member of school staff that you know and trust. You can discuss what’s going well and any difficulties you and your family may be experiencing, and they will be able to help you too get the right support. Sometimes, just having a conversation can really help.

As well as from the school itself, you could also get help from your wider family and support networks, or from professionals in the community that you know, like health visitors, midwives, doctors, or the voluntary sector.

They may suggest that you share the things you discuss with other agencies who could be in a better position to help, and that will involve completing what’s known as a Strengths and Needs form. They will ensure that any personal information you give is only shared with your permission.

• Here is Oxfordshire’s Early Help Guide for Families

• Moving Schools

• APCAM Support for children with anxiety, stress and depression

• CEOP News and articles surrounding internet safety.

• Think You Know Great advice to keep children safe whilst using the internet.

• Parent Info Expert information to help children and young people stay safe online.

• UK Safer Internet Centre E-safety tips, advice and resources.

• NSPCC Online Safety Helpful advice and tools you can use to help keep your child safe whenever and wherever they go online.

• Childnet International Parents and Carers information to keep your child safe online.

• Action for Children Action for Children supports and speaks for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people.

• BBC Bitesize Fun activities to help children at learn more key subjects.

• Department for Education Articles and advice for children and young people.

• Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Service - A2dominion - Oxfordshire