Headteacher – Mrs Gina Bailey
St James Church of England Primary School
Paringdon Road,
Harlow,
Essex,
CM18 7RH
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What is a young carer?
A young carer is when a child or young person helps look after another member of their family at home. This could be a parent or sibling who needs extra help and support.
Young carers may need to do more things at home and take on more responsibility.
This may include: helping with dinner, reading with their brothers/sisters, helping siblings get dressed.
What we do at St James for our young carers.
We are able to refer children to young carers and offer them extra support. If you feel like your child maybe eligible please come and talk to us so we can help. We may also recognise that your child is a young carer and ask to refer them ourselves.
If your child’s referral goes through we then offer support in school for them.
Things we offer in school:
We think it is really important in our school to understand the challenges our young carers face and help them with this. All the things we have put in place have been agreed in consultation with them.
Things coming up:
It is young carer day on 16th March. We will be asking all the children to wear jazzy socks to continue to bring awareness to young carers.