Early Help

Early help or early intervention means to identify a child or young person who may benefit from support to prevent an escalation of any potential issues.

According to the NSPCC, signs that a child or young person may benefit from early help include:

Displaying disruptive or anti-social behaviour
Being bullied or bullying others
Having poor attendance at school
Being involved in, or at risk of, offending
Having poor general health
Having anxiety, depression or other mental health issues
Misusing drugs or alcohol
Having a particularly challenging relationship with parents or appearing to be unusually independent from their parents
Experiencing difficulties at home, such as domestic abuse, parental substance abuse or parental mental health problems

The NSPCC goes on to explain that some groups of children may be more likely to need early help than their peers. These include children who:

Have been excluded from school
Have special educational needs
Are disabled
Are in care
Are leaving or preparing to leave care
Are young carers
Are young parents (or about to become young parents)
Are experiencing housing issues

At East Bergholt High School we have many offers of early help within the school and liaise with external agencies to provide more specialist support where the need is identified. A list of the school’s early help offer can be found by clicking the following link

Early Help

East Bergholt High School - Early Help Offer