Family and Community Support
Our primary provision is being enhanced by ensuring that positive home-school relationships are established at the earliest opportunity. The education of a child is more effective where there is alignment between parenting and schooling and we seek to ensure that families are well supported to carry out their essential part in this journey.
Our early family support and education provision are central to this work - equipping parents and carers with the skills and knowledge they need to support their child's education and personal development. We will strengthen this, ensuring that all academies have a consistent core as well as a locally tailored, needs-driven offer which enables the home-school relationships to flourish.
All of our Primary Academies deliver Family Links Nurturing Groups and hold regular coffee mornings for parents and carers to get to know the school team and meet other agencies who work in the community. If you are a partner agency who would like to make links with your local Outwood Primary Academy, get in touch with us by contacting c.jackson@outwood.com.
“Our schools at the heart of the community and the community in our heartsâ€
Our Vision:
We are always working towards our vision which is segmented into the five strands below.
Our Family and Community Support Strategy continues to put children first by bringing families and communities together. If you have any feedback on how we can improve, please let us know.
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To support transition into school throughout the early years. To support children and families who are new to school in any year group and at any point throughout the year
To create a love of reading that supports children in their confidence and development of reading skills
To have access to a central bank of high quality resources that support families within their home environment
To help parents and carers to build confidence in supporting their child to achieve throughout their school life
To support parents and carers on their journey back into work/volunteering/training
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To support parents and carers to provide for their child’s basic needs
To support the emotional health and well-being of children and families
To support the physical health of children and families by providing preventative early intervention activities
To support parental mental health
To support the mental health of children, by providing preventative early intervention work
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To support parents/carers of children with SEND to Navigate the Landscape
To create a strong relationship with parents and carers that withstands problem solving and conflict
To increase opportunities for parents and carers to engage with school at the earliest stage in their child’s life to begin to build the relationship between home and school
To ensure that parents and carers have a mechanism for getting their voice heard
To provide parents and carers with accurate and timely information that is presented in a sensitive way.
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To support parents and carers to remove barriers to education
For children and their families to feel supported throughout their transition from Primary to Secondary Education
To increase the presence of the academy within the community, building trust and confidence in the academy
To provide parents and carers with opportunities to enhance their basic skills in Maths and English
To support children in their development of emotional literacy, increasing parental knowledge and awareness
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To provide high quality parenting support courses that nurture the parent/child relationship
To support children and young people to make informed choices about their behaviour within the wider community.
To support children’s speech and language development throughout their time at school and empower this work to continue in the home environment
To support families who are facing vulnerabilities and strengthening the networks available for families to access
To keep contextual safeguarding issues at the forefront of our work in school and that this knowledge is shared with parents and carers
Where are our Hubs?
The map below shows all of our Primary Academy locations. Those pinned in yellow are Hub sites which deliver an enhanced provision, however, the teams at all of our schools can signpost you to community partners if you need further support.