Service Families

As a school that is proud to serve over 50 military families, we recognise the importance of getting the provision right for our service children and the impact the support can have on their wellbeing and success throughout their time at Grange Infant School.

Whether a parent is on deployment or shore based, we pride ourselves on providing forces support which ensures that the children have the opportunity to talk and share experiences with their peers.

We do this by providing emotional support in the form of small group or individual activity time, which can be led by the team or initiated by the child.

When a special person goes away, the impact can be significant to family life but by informing our staff when this occurs we can ensure we are offering support to you and your child, so please make sure you keep us up to date of any upcoming deployments.

Set sessions are planned to provide the children with the opportunity to write to their parents, keeping them up to date with what they are doing at school or simply to just say hello. The children are offered a place at Forces Club, which takes place every Wednesday straight after school until 4.30pm, with games and activities and a healthy snack, giving the children that extra bit of routine and stability with grown ups they are familiar with at school. We also have Forces Lunch Club on a Monday, where the children are able to drop in at the library to check in with Mrs Russell, have a chat and take part in some calm activities and/or games.

Sharing feelings and emotions that a child might be experiencing with other children going through a similar experience supports the children with managing feelings and any anxieties they might have.

Being a school with multiple forces families, we understand how important our role as a school can be. The door is always open to any parents who may wish to come and have someone to talk to and allay any concerns they may have about their child during their time at school.

We are proud of the provision we offer our forces families and look forward to this going from strength to strength and working alongside our amazing community.

Mrs Russell’s Forces Area

Further support:

There are also a variety of charities that offer further support to our military families.

If you click on the logos below, you will be directed to their main website pages: