School-Home Support’s mission is to get children in school, ready to learn. For 40 years School-Home Support has sought to maximise the educational opportunities of vulnerable and disadvantaged children across England by breaking down the barriers to education that too many children face.
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Last year in London more than 1 in 6 children missed at least a month of school. This is nearly 4 times higher than the pre-Covid-19 pandemic persistent absence rate of 4.65%, and is not only stripping too many children of their opportunities to learn, but chances to develop socially too. With attendance being strongly correlated with academic attainment, it is evident that these children are not only missing out on their education, but life chances as well.
The barriers that prevent children from accessing the full scope of their education often extend beyond the classroom. Inadequate housing, poverty, and poor physical and mental health all pose challenges to a child’s ability to access their education. To combat the variety of these challenges, we offer bespoke, whole family support through our practitioner service, addressing the root causes of a child’s non-attendance to ensure enduring, positive changes to the lives of those we support.