Family Support
Working in partnership with our families is a priority for us at Dorking Nursery School. In order to ensure we fully support our families, we have our own Family Support Worker, Jennifer.
Jennifer can provide support to individual parents on a range of topics, such as:-
- Toileting
- Eating
- Home safety
- Behaviour support
- Food bank referrals
- Support for completing forms
- Benefit support
- Housing and financial advice
- Sleep
- Parenting
- Starting school and transitions
She also runs a range of worksops and drop-in sessions depending on need.
Jennifer is based at the Dorking site on a Thursday and Friday, but can be contactable at anytime by calling the office on 01306 882397 or via email familysupport@dorking.surrey.sch.uk.
Child Accident Prevention Trust
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Family Health
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Surrey Child and Family Health app:-
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Eye tests and support
Healthwatch Surrey have produced material to help parents/carers access sight (eye) tests for school aged children with neuro diversity.
This request came about as a result of their report, Out of sight, out of mind: parents and carers understanding of sight tests for school aged children - July 2025 | Healthwatch Surrey which looked at the barriers to parent/carers taking their school aged children for sight (eye) tests. They found a significant barrier to be lack of adjustments/changes put in place to accommodate children with neuro diverse needs.
Sight (eye) tests for children and young people | Healthwatch Surrey