Early Help at Surbiton High School
If you are a parent or carer, and would like help for your child or your family, please contact the school to discuss your concerns (School Office: 0208 546 5245 or via email dsl@surbitonhigh.com )
Working alongside professional agencies such as social care and health services and voluntary organisations, we provide co-ordinated in-house early help when additional needs of children are identified. The School actively contributes to inter-agency plans to provides additional support to children subject to child protection plans.
In Kingston upon Thames, Protection and Early Help services are provided by Achieving for Children (AfC), the Local Authority’s Children’s Services Provider. You can contact the Richmond Single Point of Access (SPA) as follows:
- Telephone: 0208 547 5008 / 0208 877 5000 ‘out of hours’.
Surbiton High staff are trained to look for signs that children may need help and can refer to a Single Point of Access at AfC, who will coordinate and manage additional support for children, whatever their level of need.
AfC offers professional help in these areas:
- Support for your child and/or your family if there are problems at home
- Support if your child is anxious or depressed
- Support if your child needs help managing his/her behaviour
- Support if your child’s attendance at school is dropping
- Support to prevent substance misuse
- Support to prevent exploitation
- Support to improve parenting skills
- Child Protection Services
