{{Infobox organization | name = School-Home Support | image = | founder = Bridget Cramp | registration_id = 1084696 | founded = {{Start date|1984|01|01}} | location = London, United Kingdom | coordinates = {{Coord|51.5423992|0.0052116|display=inline,title}} | key_people = Jaine Stannard (Chief Executive) | region_served = United Kingdom | products = | services = | focus = | revenue = £3.3 million | former_name = The Langdon Park School-Home Support Service, East London Schools Fund, School-Home Support Service (UK), School Home Liaison | website = {{URL|schoolhomesupport.org.uk}} }}
'''School-Home Support''' ('''SHS''') is a British charity founded in 1984 to help disadvantaged children and young people overcome barriers to education.<ref name="School-Home Support at the Islington Directory">[http://directory.islington.gov.uk/kb5/islington/directory/service.page?id=SDx85SzVPXs School-Home Support at the Islington Directory]</ref>
The charity works with schools,<ref name="School-Home Support at Park Hill Infants School">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parkhillinfants.co.uk/parent-info/school-home-support/|title=School-Home Support at Park Hill Infants School|website=|access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> local authorities and families, aiming to look "beyond the classroom"<ref name="Family Pathways Lewisham - School-Home Support">{{Cite web|url=http://www.familypathwayslewisham.org.uk/school-home-support/4565957866|title=Family Pathways Lewisham - School-Home Support|website=|access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> to understand and tackle low school attendance and other issues affecting children's learning. It emphasises the importance of home experience on a child's attainment at school and works to resolve issues including poverty, lack of housing, domestic violence, and substance misuse. During the 2015/16 academic year, SHS worked with over 11,000 families.<ref name="SHS impact report 2015/16">[http://www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/SHSimpact.2016singles.pdf SHS impact report 2015/16]</ref>
SHS is a UK registered charity, number 1084696. Its motto is "Children in school, ready to learn. Whatever it takes."<ref name="School-Home Support at the Charity Commission">[http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1084696&SubsidiaryNumber=0 School-Home Support at the Charity Commission]</ref>
Ken Olisa, the first black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, and Tony Adams,<ref name="Former footballer Tony Adams becomes a patron of School-Home Support">[http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/celebrities-emma-rigby-becomes-ambassador-cafod/article/1427304 Former footballer Tony Adams becomes a patron of School-Home Support | Third Sector]</ref> former football player and captain for Arsenal and England, are patrons of the charity. Sophie Winkleman became Royal Patron in 2020.<ref name="Announcing our newest patron, Lady Sophie Windsor">{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk/news/announcing-our-newest-patron-lady-sophie-windsor/|title=School-Home Support | Announcing our newest patron, Lady Sophie Windsor|access-date=2021-02-19|archive-date=2022-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916111316/https://www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk/news/announcing-our-newest-patron-lady-sophie-windsor/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History==
SHS was originally called The Langdon Park School-Home Support Service and began in Langdon Park Secondary School, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The school's Education Welfare Officer, Bridget Cramp, started the service in order to "put the true interests of the child first, always".<ref name="Over the steps in Violet Road: The Langdon Park School-Home Support Service">[http://www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Bridget-Cramp-introduction.pdf Over the steps in Violet Road: The Langdon Park School-Home Support Service]</ref> Along with Terry Farrell, Head of Year 7, and Peter Andrews, Head Teacher at Langdon Park Secondary School, she visited pupils outside of school hours and built relationships with their families, in order to understand the impact of their home lives on their school behaviour.
In 1989 the service became the East London Schools Fund and by 1994, operated in 28 schools across Tower Hamlets. In 1999, School-Home Support Service (UK) was set up with the aim to reach more children and young people. Combined with the East London Schools Fund, it delivered services in 59 primary schools and 36 secondary schools in 9 London Boroughs.<ref name="Parents Exist, OK!?: Issues and Visions for Parent-school Relationships, Joe Hallgarten, 2000">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tV8fCYvpKXEC|title=Parents Exist, OK!?: Issues and Visions for Parent-school Relationships|last=Hallgarten|first=Joe|date=2000-01-01|publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research|isbn=9781860301254|language=en}}</ref>
In 2003, the East London Schools Fund officially became School-Home Support UK. In 2006, it merged with a charity with similar services named School Home Liaison in order to finally become School-Home Support (SHS), operating in 97 schools.<ref name="Milestones - Facebook">[https://www.facebook.com/schoolhomesupport/about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=milestone Facebook Milestones]</ref>
==Services==
SHS's services include:
* School-based practitioners, who work independently and liaise between children, their families and the school<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk/partners_and_supporters/partner_profile/school-home_support/|title=National Family Week - Partners & Supporters - School-Home Support|first=Henley Media Group|last=ltd|website=www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> * SHS Membership, which offers safeguarding support and supervision for pastoral teams<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/cheshirewestandchester/directory/files/shs_membership_leaflet_-_2015-16.pdf|title=Open Objects|last=|first=|date=|website=SHS Membership Leaflet|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> * Early years support and intervention, with 'Ready for School' and 'Ready for Secondary School' programmes<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.community-links.org/earlyaction/success-stories/ready-for-school/|title=Ready for School: a Community Links case study|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> * City & Guilds–approved training for schools and safeguarding staff<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityandguilds.com/search?n=25&lat=50.8305083&lng=-0.482099800000015&l=bn16+4ej&q=work+with+parents&t=centres&s=title|title=Search Results {{!}} City & Guilds|website=www.cityandguilds.com|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> * Corporate partnerships,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/charity_shortlisted_for_lord_mayor_award_for_work_in_islington_school_1_4582936|title=Charity shortlisted for Lord Mayor award for work in Islington school - Islington Gazette|website=|date=18 June 2016|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> with volunteering opportunities and 'aspiration sessions' * 'Troubled Families' practitioners, who work closely with families facing multiple, complex needs, as part of the Government's 'Troubled Families' programme<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/18/troubled-families-practitioners-improved-lives-charities-positive|title=Troubled families scheme practitioners say it has improved lives - the Guardian|last=|first=|date=18 October 2016|website=TheGuardian.com|access-date=2016-10-19}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk/ Official website]
Category:Children's charities based in the United Kingdom