Young Carers

At Claydon High School, we work very closely with Suffolk Young Carers and our young carers in school. We have raised school awareness of young carers through assemblies and teacher training days and we regularly hold activities, events and fundraisers.  We are very proud to have achieved Suffolk Young Carers Schools Awards in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

We do have several young people in school who are young carers and we support them in many different ways such as: arranging meetings in school for the with the support workers from SYC, extending homework deadlines if necessary or using the school telephone to call home if they are concerned about someone there. 

Myself and Mrs Byam, hold regular monthly drop-ins (dates below). This is open to all students, as having spoken to some of our young carers, they don’t wish to be “singled out” but are happy to attend the drop-ins with a friend, who may not necessarily be a carer themselves. This is a time to relax, have a chat and eat lunch. We usually manage to have some extra goodies at these sessions too! Our Support Worker, Helen Blight, sometimes joins us for these meetings.

As a parent/carer, if you feel there is anything further the school could be doing to support our young carers in school, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Mrs Byam. Please click here to go to the Suffolk Family Carer's website. 

Mrs Angela Steele - Senior Student Manager

Please click to access the Young Carers Policy 

Drop in Dates 2026 - 2027: 

 Please come to room AD1 at lunchtime on the following Mondays: