A toolkit for schools: Supporting service children and families in Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a proud naval city where 58 out of 60 schools receive Service Pupil Premium for children in their schools. A poll carried out by the Portsmouth Parent Board highlighted a lack of awareness about what service children experience, what they need and how they can be best supported.
This, combined with the new statutory duty that compels schools to demonstrate due regard to the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant led to the development of the toolkit for schools: supporting service children and families in Portsmouth.
Put together by Caron Wallace (Chair Portsmouth Parent Board) and Caitriona Scully (Senior Educational Psychologist), the toolkit provides a ‘one-stop shop’ for schools to help them understand what service children experience and why service children need support. It outlines how to support service children in schools and make best use of Service Pupil Premium funding. It details useful information about good practice locally, organisations, resources and support available.
We are delighted that this toolkit is being funded with support from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Armed Forces Families Service Pupils Support Programme (SPSP programme).