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St Francis Catholic Primary School
01772 865369

St Francis' Catholic Primary School
Horns Lane, Goosnargh, PR3 2FJ.

  • ABOUT US
    • Mission Statement
    • VISION, VALUES AND AIMS
    • Our School (times, dinners, uniform)
      • School Day
      • School Dinners
      • School Uniform
    • Contact
    • Catholic Life at St. Francis’
    • RE Inspection Section 48
    • Meet the Staff
    • Governors
      • St. Francis’ Governors
      • Foundation Governors
      • Governor Attendance
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    • Parish Links
    • Privacy Notices
    • British Values
  • PARENT INFORMATION
    • PARENT FEEDBACK
    • Holidays & Term Dates
    • Breakfast and After School Club
    • PTFA
      • PTFA Review 2022 2023
      • Social Media Link
      • 50/50 Club
    • Parent Questionnaire
    • What do parents and children think?
    • Admissions and Prospectus
    • Attendance and Working Together
  • SCHOOL INFORMATION
    • Ofsted
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    • SEND
      • Special Educational Needs
      • ACCESSIBILITY PLAN
    • Sports Premium
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    • REMOTE LEARNING OFFER
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      • Newsletters 2024 2025
      • Newsletters 2023 2024
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    • CONTACT FORM
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    • Financial Benchmarking
  • Headteacher’s Blog
  • CLASS PAGES
    • PRE-SCHOOL
      • About our Nursery and Pre-School
      • Prospectus
      • 7 Areas of Development
        • Communication & Language
        • Personal, Social & Emotional Development
        • Physical Development
        • Literacy
        • Mathematics
        • Understanding The World
        • Expressive Arts & Design
      • The Land of Pure Imagination
      • Gallery
      • Things you need
    • Pendle – Reception Class
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
    • Parlick – Year 1&2
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
    • Fairsnape – Year 3/4
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and home learning
    • Beacon – Year 5/6
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
  • Faith, RE & HRSE
    • Catholic Life & Mission
      • Catholic Mission Shalom Academy link in Kenya
      • Catholic Mission – LIVING, FEELING, DREAMING
      • Catholic Social Teaching at St. Francis
        • Catholic Social Teaching in action!
        • Fundraising and Charity Work
        • Mission Together
        • CAFOD Club
          • CAFOD KIDS
      • Parish Links
    • Religious Education
      • RE INTENTION WHOLE SCHOOL
      • RE Curriculum Nursery & Pre-School
      • RE Curriculum Reception Class
      • RE Year 1 & 2 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Year 3 & 4 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Year 5 & 6 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Policy
      • Prayer and Liturgy Policy 2023 2024
      • RE Inspection Section 48
    • Collective Worship
    • Wednesday Word
    • RE Inspection Section 48
    • PARENT FEEDBACK
    • HRSE
      • HRSE/RSE
      • HRSE Policy
      • TenTen Parent Portal
    • Catholic Education Service – support and resources
      • Mental Health Resources
      • Laudato Si and Environmental Resources
        • Laudato Si at Home
        • Laudato Si at School
        • Laudato Si Role Models
      • RSE in Catholic Schools
  • Curriculum
    • Nursery/Pre-School Curriculum
    • Reception Class Curriculum
    • Year 1/2 Cycle A
    • Year 1/2 Cycle B
    • Year 3/4 Cycle A
    • Year 3/4 Cycle B
    • Year 5/6 Cycle A
    • Year 5/6 Cycle B
    • English
      • Writing
      • Reading
        • Reading Resources
    • Phonics
      • Phonics and Reading Schemes
    • Maths
      • Maths Progression Maps
      • Maths Progression Maps
    • Science
      • Working Scientifically Progression Map
    • History
    • Geography
    • Art and Design
    • DT
    • Music
    • Computing
    • PE
    • MFL
  • SAFEGUARDING
    • Safeguarding
    • Parents & Family Support
    • Early Help
    • WELL-BEING
    • Childrens’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
    • Online Safety
    • Safer School App
  • Personal Development and Enrichment
    • CAFOD Club
      • CAFOD KIDS
    • Rabbit Kingdoms and Cluckingdom Palace!
    • The Land of Pure Imagination
    • Tower Wood
    • ST. FRANCIS CLUBS
    • TRIPS AND VISITORS
    • CHILDREN’S QUESTIONNAIRES AND VOICE
    • STORY TIME WITH MR MCGILL
      • BARRY THE FISH WITH FINGERS
      • BARRY AND THE HAIRY SCARY MONSTER
      • GORDON
      • SUPERTATO
      • SUPERTATO AND EVIL PEA
      • THE HIGHWAY RAT
    • GLEE CLUB
      • KID’S ZONE
        • Hold On – The Only Way Is Up!
        • ST.FRANCIS TEAM – ELECTRIC DREAMS!
        • SCHOOL COUNCIL
        • ECO-COUNCIL
        • WHAT MIGHT THE FUTURE HOLD?
        • SCHOOL MAGAZINE
        • CHILDREN’S BLOGS
          • BEACON CLASS BLOGS
        • Gardening
        • Choir
        • Here to Keep You Smiling!

Latest News

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Goosnargh Showtime Concert

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Small school mini skills competition

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Early Help

Early Help

What is Early Help?

Early Help means providing help for children, young people and families as soon as problems start to emerge or where it is likely that issues will impact negatively on children’s outcomes.

Early Help…

  • is for children of all ages and not just the very young,
  • can be very effective in supporting a child, young person and/or their family to step down from statutory services as well as preventing the escalation of issues.
  • is important because there is clear evidence that it results in better outcomes for children.

Lancashire County Council  recognises that Early Help is a term that describes much of the everyday work of schools.

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/practitioners/supporting-children-and-families/

Early Help in Lancashire

The vision of all partner organisations working with children and families in Lancashire is to improve children’s lives by working in partnership to raise aspirations, build achievement and protect the most vulnerable.

This is based on the belief that:

  • Children, young people and families develop resilience if there are protective factors in place such as: a positive relationship with an adult; good literacy and communication skills; good school attendance; and, parents in or actively seeking/ready for work
  • Children’s needs are best met when help is offered in a universal setting within a socially mixed group and early on when problems start to emerge
  • Children and young people’s needs are best met when addressed in the context of the whole family, meaning that parents/carers/siblings’ needs are addressed with consent as part of a holistic and integrated Early Help response

Early Help services should support and strengthen families so that they can thrive.

We follow the Working Well with Children and Families Guidance

https://www.lancashiresafeguarding.org.uk/media/19299/wwwcf-part-1-and-2-final.pdf

 

Lancashire CSAP (Children’s Safeguarding Assurance Partnership) website:

The CSAP website is full of useful safeguarding and CP information.

 

Your Family’s Early Help Assessment and family RADAR has replaced the CAF document.

Early Help Assessment – Section E – family radar

The Early Help Assessment and Plan features a family radar. The family radar is linked to the cycle of change and will help you to identify which areas of support the family need the most. By completing a family radar, we are trying to get the families you work with to understand at what point of the cycle of change they are at.

Early Help Assessment

On 6 September 2021 the Your Family’s Early Help Assessment replaced the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) across Lancashire.

The Early Help Assessment is an intervention with a family to gather, explore and analyse with them information about all aspects of the child or young person (and their family’s) life and then to identify areas where change will address support needs and positively impact on their lived experiences.

This is recorded on an Early Help Assessment form which includes the family’s Early Help Plan.

The Early Help Assessment is not a referral form for professionals to complete to access other services supporting children, young people and families. The Early Help Assessment should be completed by the professional supporting the family to identify the family’s unmet needs and develop a plan of support with the family.

Your Family’s Early Help Assessment is available to all practitioners and professionals working with children, young people, and their families across Lancashire.

Working alongside families from a holistic, strength-based approach when areas of support are first identified will stop escalation towards crisis and the need for more intensive and specialist intervention.

Through the Early Help Assessment, Plan, and reviews via Team Around the Family meetings the wider partnership of services can provide families with the right support at the right time.

 

Lancashire’s Children and Family Wellbeing Service-early help referrals

Lancashire County Council’s Early Help Offer Lancashire’s Children and Family Wellbeing Service (CFW) offers practical support to children, young people, parents/carers and families.

This support can be provided on a whole range of issues which may be affecting individuals or the family and is offered through a network of centres as well as in the community or in the family home. The main focus of the service is to provide an enhanced level of support which is prioritised towards those groups or individuals who have more complex or intensive needs or who are at risk and particularly where we think that providing early help will make a positive difference.

We want any problems to be identified early and appropriate support be put in place on a basis on mutual respect and sensitivity to the family. Any concerns and referrals are made via early help and by having parental consent for an early help assessment.

 

Lancashire Children’s Services Safeguarding Hub (MASH)-the single point of contact to support the child and family.

We use the Continuum of Need to establish the level of support needed. Please see diagram below:

 

The Role of Schools

Day to Day Support

Most families, most of the time, can get on with their lives quite happily with little or no outside help. If they need help it is usually provided by universal services, such as schools.

Focused Pastoral Support

All families can have times, however, when difficulties arise and they either may not recognise it or may not know how to start putting things right. Schools play a role in supporting families to address these difficulties through more focused pastoral support, which might include bringing in support via an external agency.

Early Help Assessment

For those children and families whose needs and circumstances make them more vulnerable, or where schools need the support of other agencies to meet the needs of the family, a coordinated multi-agency approach is usually best. In Lancashire this is achieved through undertaking an Early Help Assessment and assigning a Lead Practitioner to work closely with the family to ensure they receive the support they require. Schools should be a key partner in any multi-agency work to support families

The following five commitments are the core elements to St. Francis’ Catholic Primary School’s Early Help Offer.

By implementing these commitments St. Francis’ Catholic Primary School aims to ensure:

  • Pupils, parent/carers and staff are clear on the Early Help support available through the school
  • Clarity for partners, supporting improved multi-agency working
  • Delivery approaches of Early Help support for more vulnerable families are up to date with local offers
  • Commitment to the personal development and well-being strand of the Ofsted Framework
  • All pastoral support is done to support the whole child, with the school values: Respect, Care & Compassion, Aspirations and Resilience at the heart of all that we do to help others.

Latest Posts

  • Centenary of the Diocese of Lancaster – The Our Lady of Lourdes Statue Tour 9th May 2025
  • Farm fun and outdoor learning… 7th May 2025
  • Wheelchair Basketball and Year 3 and 4 Football Tournament 27th March 2025
  • Careers Week and Circus School? 23rd March 2025
  • World Book Day, Science Week and Ash Wednesday… 23rd March 2025

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  • ABOUT US
    ▼
    • Mission Statement
    • VISION, VALUES AND AIMS
    • Our School (times, dinners, uniform)
      ▼
      • School Day
      • School Dinners
      • School Uniform
    • Contact
    • Catholic Life at St. Francis’
    • RE Inspection Section 48
    • Meet the Staff
    • Governors
      ▼
      • St. Francis’ Governors
      • Foundation Governors
      • Governor Attendance
    • Prospectus
    • Parish Links
    • Privacy Notices
    • British Values
  • PARENT INFORMATION
    ▼
    • PARENT FEEDBACK
    • Holidays & Term Dates
    • Breakfast and After School Club
    • PTFA
      ▼
      • PTFA Review 2022 2023
      • Social Media Link
      • 50/50 Club
    • Parent Questionnaire
    • What do parents and children think?
    • Admissions and Prospectus
    • Attendance and Working Together
  • SCHOOL INFORMATION
    ▼
    • Ofsted
    • POLICIES
    • SEND
      ▼
      • Special Educational Needs
      • ACCESSIBILITY PLAN
    • Sports Premium
    • Pupil Premium
    • Exam & Assessment Results
    • News
    • REMOTE LEARNING OFFER
    • Newsletters
      ▼
      • Newsletters 2024 2025
      • Newsletters 2023 2024
      • Online Safety Newsletters
    • CONTACT FORM
    • Complaints
    • Financial Benchmarking
  • Headteacher’s Blog
  • CLASS PAGES
    ▼
    • PRE-SCHOOL
      ▼
      • About our Nursery and Pre-School
      • Prospectus
      • 7 Areas of Development
        ▼
        • Communication & Language
        • Personal, Social & Emotional Development
        • Physical Development
        • Literacy
        • Mathematics
        • Understanding The World
        • Expressive Arts & Design
      • The Land of Pure Imagination
      • Gallery
      • Things you need
    • Pendle – Reception Class
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
    • Parlick – Year 1&2
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
    • Fairsnape – Year 3/4
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and home learning
    • Beacon – Year 5/6
      ▼
      • Welcome and Meet the Team
      • Gallery and Class Tour
      • Curriculum Learning Overviews and Booklets
      • Homework and Home Learning
  • Faith, RE & HRSE
    ▼
    • Catholic Life & Mission
      ▼
      • Catholic Mission Shalom Academy link in Kenya
      • Catholic Mission – LIVING, FEELING, DREAMING
      • Catholic Social Teaching at St. Francis
        ▼
        • Catholic Social Teaching in action!
        • Fundraising and Charity Work
        • Mission Together
        • CAFOD Club
          ▼
          • CAFOD KIDS
      • Parish Links
    • Religious Education
      ▼
      • RE INTENTION WHOLE SCHOOL
      • RE Curriculum Nursery & Pre-School
      • RE Curriculum Reception Class
      • RE Year 1 & 2 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Year 3 & 4 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Year 5 & 6 Curriculum Sequence Map
      • RE Policy
      • Prayer and Liturgy Policy 2023 2024
      • RE Inspection Section 48
    • Collective Worship
    • Wednesday Word
    • RE Inspection Section 48
    • PARENT FEEDBACK
    • HRSE
      ▼
      • HRSE/RSE
      • HRSE Policy
      • TenTen Parent Portal
    • Catholic Education Service – support and resources
      ▼
      • Mental Health Resources
      • Laudato Si and Environmental Resources
        ▼
        • Laudato Si at Home
        • Laudato Si at School
        • Laudato Si Role Models
      • RSE in Catholic Schools
  • Curriculum
    ▼
    • Nursery/Pre-School Curriculum
    • Reception Class Curriculum
    • Year 1/2 Cycle A
    • Year 1/2 Cycle B
    • Year 3/4 Cycle A
    • Year 3/4 Cycle B
    • Year 5/6 Cycle A
    • Year 5/6 Cycle B
    • English
      ▼
      • Writing
      • Reading
        ▼
        • Reading Resources
    • Phonics
      ▼
      • Phonics and Reading Schemes
    • Maths
      ▼
      • Maths Progression Maps
      • Maths Progression Maps
    • Science
      ▼
      • Working Scientifically Progression Map
    • History
    • Geography
    • Art and Design
    • DT
    • Music
    • Computing
    • PE
    • MFL
  • SAFEGUARDING
    ▼
    • Safeguarding
    • Parents & Family Support
    • Early Help
    • WELL-BEING
    • Childrens’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
    • Online Safety
    • Safer School App
  • Personal Development and Enrichment
    ▼
    • CAFOD Club
      ▼
      • CAFOD KIDS
    • Rabbit Kingdoms and Cluckingdom Palace!
    • The Land of Pure Imagination
    • Tower Wood
    • ST. FRANCIS CLUBS
    • TRIPS AND VISITORS
    • CHILDREN’S QUESTIONNAIRES AND VOICE
    • STORY TIME WITH MR MCGILL
      ▼
      • BARRY THE FISH WITH FINGERS
      • BARRY AND THE HAIRY SCARY MONSTER
      • GORDON
      • SUPERTATO
      • SUPERTATO AND EVIL PEA
      • THE HIGHWAY RAT
    • GLEE CLUB
      ▼
      • KID’S ZONE
        ▼
        • Hold On – The Only Way Is Up!
        • ST.FRANCIS TEAM – ELECTRIC DREAMS!
        • SCHOOL COUNCIL
        • ECO-COUNCIL
        • WHAT MIGHT THE FUTURE HOLD?
        • SCHOOL MAGAZINE
        • CHILDREN’S BLOGS
          ▼
          • BEACON CLASS BLOGS
        • Gardening
        • Choir
        • Here to Keep You Smiling!