Year teams – We are very fortunate here at Hove Park School – every year team is led by a Head of Year (teaching) and supported by an Assistant Head of Year (non-teaching). Year teams play a vital role in your child's life at Hove Park School. They are often the first point of contact for students and families, liaising with all staff on all levels to ensure the most positive experiences of school as possible.
SENCO – Specialising in all areas of the SEN code of practice, our dedicated team have leads for cognition and learning, SEMH and communication and interaction. We also have the benefit of a our specialised Phoenix Centre for students with ASD diagnosis and EHCP. Our SENCOs work closely with the EWO to ensure students are well supported to access the curriculum. SENCOs ensure our teachers differentiate the curriculum and that learning barriers to attending school are minimised.
School Counsellor – Rose Scott is our resident counsellor. Rose provides clinical intervention for students across the whole school and Sixth Form Centre, as well as providing consultation and support to our pastoral teams, social emotional and mental health team and our safeguarding team.
Safeguarding Team – Our amazing safeguarding team work tirelessly to ensure all students are safe at all times, both emotionally and physically. The safeguarding team link with external services and agencies to ensure all students both on statutory plans, as well as those in need, are getting support and that barriers to attending school are minimised.
External support services – when absence becomes a serious cause for concern, we may look to refer to support from services not available in schools such as family coaches, Access to Education Team and Children Missing Education. These services are there to support families.
EAL co-ordinator – We are fully aware that for a number of our students and parents/carers, English is an additional language with some of students arriving with no English whatsoever. We have a dedicated member of staff responsible for students with EAL. We will endeavor to ask for communication to be translated where we know there is a need. If you need any help contact sbashir@hovepark.org.uk .
CAMHS – Please see our wellbeing page . We have a primary mental health worker attached to our school.
Parents/Carers – You are the biggest advocate when you work with us, as it means we can together really achieve excellent attendance and punctuality. We know you want the very best for your child. In ensuring they attend school regularly, this gives them the very best chance of academic, inter-personal and future success.
Students – We work hard to engage students with an inspired curriculum and exciting extra-curricular activities. We will always endeavor to meet with students and talk to them about improving their attendance.
Attendance administration:
EWO – Our Educational Welfare Officer, Lisa Carruthers, has responsibility to ensure the regular school attendance of all students at Hove Park School. Lisa is responsible for liaising with the Local Authority and ensuring that the school is meeting legislative requirements. lcarruthers@hovepark.org.uk
SENCO – sendmanagement@hovepark.org.uk please also see our mental health and wellbeing page .
Safeguarding – safeguarding@hovepark.org.uk please also see our safeguarding page .
Year Group | Head of Year | Assistant Head of Year |
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7 | esatterly@hovepark.org.uk | cgriffin@hovepark.org.uk |
8 | esatterly@hovepark.org.uk | swilliams@hovepark.org.uk |
9 | smerry@hovepark.org.uk | jwilliams@hovepark.org.uk |
10 | smerry@hovepark.org.uk | shutchings@hovepark.org.uk |
11 | TLowrie@hovepark.org.uk | sholt@hovepark.org.uk |
Being on time to school is a life skill and one that we promote here at Hove Park. Staggered times for year groups means there are less students arriving and leaving at any one time. If a child is late to school they will have to make up lost time in either during break or an after school detention. Being late makes us feel anxious, we miss the start of lessons where often important instructions are often being given and we start the day feeling less engaged than we would have if we had been on time.
Legal
We want to work with our students, parents and carers to ensure that every child has access to the full curriculum. We understand that sometimes students struggle to come to school and we will do all we can to support parents/carers to fulfill their role in ensuring regular and puncutal school attendance. Hove Park School is duty bound to follow Brighton and Hove City Council's code of conduct for dealing with absences, and as such we will refer cases to the LA.
Nevill Campus
Nevill Road, Hove,
East Sussex, BN3 7BN
Nevill Office: 01273 082817
Valley Campus
Hangleton Way, Hove,
East Sussex, BN3 8AA
Valley Office: 01273 082857
Sixth Form Office: 01273 082870