Our daughter is very happy. We have no issues and would happily recommend the school to any prospective parents.
In our opinion as parents, St Botolph’s is an OUTSTANDING Primary School. The entire team of teachers and support staff have continually endeavored to challenge our child and sympathetically support his individual needs. The positive ‘can do’ ethos that exists within this school has facilitated tremendous progress in all aspects of his education….Our son says “I love my school”, that says it all!
As parents we are so pleased we chose St Botolph’s as we feel both of our children have had exemplary support and care as they have progressed through their school year.
Our school prides itself on the pastoral support it gives to our children and their families and there are many ways in which we can help.
Please speak to Mrs Pepper (Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead), Miss Lawley (Deputy Headteacher and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead ), Mrs Robe (Family Mental Wellbeing Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) who can all give detailed help, support and guidance. We are also supported by our ELSA, Mrs Dakin, our SEND team, Miss Kendall-Day and Miss Jackson, as well as our highly trained teaching and support staff team.
Here are some of the services we provide or can signpost you to.
We can make referrals to the Children's Services Early Help team. This team are there to give families support, guidance and in some cases, training and the tools to help.
These are some of the services they provide, which we can refer for:
We can also refer to the 'Family Wellbeing Service' who provide intensive family support for families who have a range of needs which impact on family functioning including:
At our school, we have an ELSA in school full time (see below), as well as our Family Mental Wellbeing Lead, who provide us with direct support for pupils and their families. The help on offer can take many forms, including 1:1 work with pupils in school and home visits to parents to offer guidance at home.
Mrs Robe and Mrs Dakin are both trained ELSAs, who support referred children (referral can come from staff, parents, GPs and social services. There will always be children and young people in schools facing challenges that detract from their ability to engage with learning. Some will require greater support to increase their emotional literacy than others. ELSA is an initiative developed and supported by educational psychologists. It recognises that children learn better and are happier in school if their emotional needs are also addressed.
The majority of ELSA work is delivered through group work, but sometimes individual sessions are more appropriate.
The school nursing teams offer support and a confidential service to children and young people with emotional health and wellbeing concerns, behaviour, continence, and growth concerns. Parents are also offered parent information sessions which cover the following topics:
These sessions provide parents with knowledge and strategies to help them support their child. School nursing teams offer 1-1 support to children and young people to improve their health and wellbeing and offer supportive websites and a chat health texting service for young people and parents to contact if needing support and advice regarding a public health concern.
Referrals to the school nursing service can be made via school, parents texting chat health, GPs, and other professionals: