Young Carers

INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG CARERS

Students who fulfil a caring role at home often have many additional responsibilities aside from school. A young carer may be:

  • Looking after a parent, sibling or other relative.
  • Providing physical, emotional or social support.
  • Looking after someone with a physical illness, disability, learning difficulty or a mental health condition.

At Wood Green, we understand that these additional responsibilities mean that students who are young carers sometimes need some extra support to help them thrive and succeed at school. All staff are aware of Young Carers and the school is able to offer the following

  • 1 on 1 support including assessment, a safe space to talk about their responsibilities and mentoring to help students make the most of school.
  • Liaison with teachers and other staff in school where necessary about a students caring role to help them with things like homework and access to extracurricular activities.
  • Support and help with funding in order to access extracurricular opportunities or improve a student’s wellbeing.
  • Signposting and referring to the OCC Young Carers service and other young carers services.
  • Awareness raising activities across the whole school.

Wood Green maintain close links with OCC Young Carers service and other Young Carers services. 

We aim to understand and meet the needs of students who fulfil a caring role at home and encourage parents/carers to let us know if their child is a young carer.

If your child might be a young carer please contact us by email: 


Students can also self-refer via email or through their form tutor. 

Updated: February 2021