Awards and Accreditations
Inclusive Quality Mark, Centre of Excellence Status
We are delighted and proud to have achieved the Inclusive Quality Mark with Centre of Excellence Status in December 2022. Please click on the links below to read the reports.
Young Carers Angel Award
Young Carers Champion: Siobhan Creswell ELSA
In May 2024, St Mary’s welcomed Russell Minns from Surrey Young Carers to renew our Young Carers Angel Award, an award that is made to schools that demonstrate they are actively supporting young carers. Schools must meet eight standards, checked by the Surrey Young Carer staff and young carers. These include having a carers’ champion, a carers support group, training for staff and assemblies about young carers to help all pupils understand the issues that our young carers face. The group also supports pupils to self-identify and find the help they need in a caring environment. We are delighted to have renewed this award and grateful for the hard work and compassionate support our young carers receive from the Home School Link Worker (HSLW) and Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) who run the group.
Young Carers Champion: Siobhan Creswell ELSA
Supported by Action for Carers Surrey, we have an active and supportive Young Carers Group in our school. We meet every half term in an informal setting to come together to chat, share experiences and have some fun. We occasionally take the children out of school and thanks to the generosity of Ben Webb of www.surreyhillsandrivers.co.uk we recently visited Imbhams Farm near Haslemere where the children had the chance to feed lambs, relax in a safe farm setting and learn some interesting facts about the countryside right on our doorstep. Our focus is on inclusion and respect, we treat all the children with compassion and understanding and aim to make a difference to our Young Carers in school.
More information on Action for Young Carers Surrey can be found on their website
https://www.actionforcarers.org.uk/who-we-help/young-carers-under-18/
If you’d like to get in touch with Surrey Young Carers or to find out more about the service and how it can help, please call 01483 568 269 or email syc@actionforcarers.org.uk
Young Carers Angel Award
In May 2024, St Mary’s welcomed Russell Minns from Surrey Young Carers to renew our Young Carers Angel Award, an award that is made to schools that demonstrate they are actively supporting young carers. Schools must meet eight standards, checked by the Surrey Young Carer staff and young carers. These include having a carers’ champion, a carers support group, training for staff and assemblies about young carers to help all pupils understand the issues that our young carers face. The group also supports pupils to self-identify and find the help they need in a caring environment. We are delighted to have renewed this award and grateful for the hard work and compassionate support our young carers receive from the Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) and Home School Link Worker (HSLW) who run the group.
