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Young Parents
Pregnant Schoolgirls and School-Age Mothers
The Service provides a service for pupils who are unable to attend school because of pregnancy or school-age parenthood. We aim to maintain continuity in learning during the period when attendance at school is not practical.
To achieve this aim, the Service:
- provides educational support for any pregnant schoolgirl or school-age mother who is registered at a Sheffield school, where she is a regular attender
- has a team of experienced, qualified teachers, whom we deploy to meet the needs of pupils.
- allocates 6 hours teaching per week, for a 12 week period of ‘maternity leave’.
- delivers a service to support schools in fulfilling DfES statutory guidance. (DfES 0629/2001).
- supports the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy by giving young women access to education.
- maintains contact with the school in order to plan work and inform the school of progress made.
- works closely in partnership with all relevant agencies and professionals, in support of the pupil.
- holds regular review meetings to ensure that the best possible provision can be made.
Teaching
Our teachers pay particular attention to those areas of education that parents, young women and the home school feel need most support, while maintaining as far as possible entitlement to the National Curriculum. Our Specialist Learning Mentor supports young women by helping to remove barriers to learning. We provide information and help in accessing quality childcare, to enable young women to continue to engage in education.
Where do we teach?
Teaching is provided
- in the home,
- at the Standhouse Centre or
- in other suitable accommodation.
We make arrangements when necessary for GCSE and other exams to be taken out of school.
What happens after the maternity leave period?
We aim to facilitate successful reintegration to school, or into Post 16 provision, when the young woman’s condition allows this. We work in partnership with the home school in order for this to happen successfully.
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