How to get started

It is not necessary to send in a Baseline Review but a useful first step for schools intending to submit an Award application is to fill in a Baseline Review. It also provides a way for you to create an action plan for ongoing work, and keep a record of how your provision is developing.

The Baseline Review allows you to highlight which areas of your school’s young carer provision is ‘Green: Already in place’; ‘Amber: Partially in place/Some work needed’; or ‘Red: Not yet in place’. (A RAG review).

There are key resources that can help you in applying for an award:

Young carers in school award pack: a full guide to support schools to implement and evidence a Young Carers in Schools award. Contains a step by step guide to the process and a comprehensive checklist of required evidence.
A guide to evidencing the Bronze Award: breaks down the essential evidence required to achieve the Bronze Award using examples drawn from successful applications and provides ‘top tips’ for presenting the evidence.

Having achieved Bronze you can then apply for Silver

A guide to evidencing the Silver Award: breaks down the essential evidence required to achieve the Silver Award using examples drawn from successful applications and provides ‘top tips’ for presenting your evidence.
Local young carers services can also greatly enhance school support for young carers and can often facilitate the identification of young carers. Find out more and find your local young carer service.