Local support for parents and carers

• Raising confident children (PDF, 84KB)
• Tips to increase good behaviour (PDF, 81KB)
• Understanding early teens (PDF, 88KB)
• Rewards and consequences (PDF, 90KB)
• Getting the most our of school, NAHT guide (PDF, 865KB)
• A guide to common childhood illnesses from birth to 5 years (Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group)
• A guide to common childhood illnesses from birth to 5 years (West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group)
• A parenting guide (NHS)
• Library books about parenting

Children with multiple addresses need to use one main contact address for their applications.

This will normally be where they live for most of the week (excluding weekends and school holidays). If your child's time is spent equally between two addresses you must decide which address to use.

We may not be able to deal with applications if there is a parental dispute.

Find out more about applying for a school place in Suffolk.

Visit paying for the cost of your child's learning.

Find out how you can search for schools by village, town, postcode or name.

Find out if your child is eligible for free school meals and how to apply.

Find out how to apply, school catchment areas and more on the applying for a school place pages. 

You can find out about all the different support that is available for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) and their families by going to the Suffolk Local Offer website.

For advice about the many reasons why a child may refuse to go to school and how to respond visit the Minded for Families website, which is run by NHS Health Education England.

There is also information on this website about school attendance and the consequences of unauthorised absences.

Visit:

• how to find childcare in Suffolk, for example, children centres, nurseries and childminders
• Suffolk Families Information Service

Download a guide to parents published by NAHT and Family Action.

The School Nursing service helps to keep children safe. They support them to attend school, and ensures that children and young people maintain good physical health and emotional wellbeing.

Find out about e-safety and what parents can do to help keep their children safe online.

Parents and carers who are worried about their child or young person’s emotional wellbeing can contact Suffolk's Children & Young People's Emotional Wellbeing Hub to make a referral or get advice about wellbeing and mental health services.

You can find practical advice and local community support services on the Emotional Wellbeing Gateway website

For information and advice for your child or young person about how they can learn to keep themselves emotionally healthy, visit The Source website 

Further information about how to access mental health and wellbeing services is available on the Suffolk wellbeing service website.

Visit onelifesuffolk.co.uk for information about healthy eating.

Find out how bullying is being tackled in Suffolk and how schools respond to the issue.

Children’s centres in Suffolk provide:

• free activities for babies
• child and family health services
• classes and support for parents

Find out more about children's centres.

Check out school term and holiday dates in Suffolk.

Visit youth support for information and advice to help children and young people plan their future in education or employment.

Visit the Suffolk Family Carers website for information, practical support and guidance, or call the information line on 01473 835477 (now open evenings and on Saturdays).