Team Around The School

Team around the school is a new initiative being piloted across 5 clusters of schools. Summerhill Primary is one of the 4 schools in the Maghull Cluster who are fortunate in being part of this initiative.  The objective is to try a new multi-agency approach to supporting families at the earliest opportunity in a way that empowers families, builds on their strengths and develops resilience.

The team is made up of a number of professionals  who will come together to support you – these are made up of an Early Help Worker, Social Worker, School Nurse, Inclusion consultant and a Mental Health Support worker. The team working collaboratively with the school also have access to a huge number of colleagues from supporting teams who they can contact for varied support.

The Team Around the School (TAS) can support with many concerns and worries that all families may have or encounter in our ever changing society, for example:-

 - Family routines, child development, attendance, sleep

- Health concerns

- Speech and language

- Money worries

- Emotional health and wellbeing

- Managing behaviour and setting boundaries

- Drug or alcohol misuse

- Parenting

Our Team Around the School includes the Summerhill school staff in addition to practitioners from Early Help, Social Care, School Health, Mental Health in School Team, SEND and Inclusion service.

Denise Higgins is in school every Tuesday and can be contacted directly on