Winner
Nominated Date - 24-05-2023
Nominee Name - Family Engagement Team
Nominee Service - Lat Lincolnshire Action Trust

Nomination Details
I recently went to visit a person in Lincoln prison I took the kids to visit, with all their additional needs I was obviously stressed and worried about it. I called the family support office and the staff have been absolutely amazing they went above and beyond for me and the children, I explained about their additional needs and disabilities and my own.

I asked about reasonable adjustments to meet needs and put things in place to help it be a good positive experience for the children. One of the girls met me when I got there she took me to a side room so I could discuss everything with her privately she came and spoke to the prison officers they let us go through by ourselves so not overcrowded they talked the kids through what happens made the kids feel really comfortable had them laughing.

Explained each step beforehand. They spoke about potential noise and alarm’s might go off gave them colouring book about visiting dad in prison it had words about how I’m feeling my daughter circled happy excited and nervous. So it was good feedback that she was doing ok. They had a playmat with projector they loved that they answered all questions for them they explained about the sniffer dog and what to do not making the kids scared as I have been before. I’d love for HMP Lincoln to be recognised for all the adjustments they made and they listened to my fears and concerns.

The family support team are now looking into more about social stories for children and adults with additional needs to print something to prepare for a visit to know what to expect, I said it would be good if they see types of uniforms so they know who’s who, about the doors how they open and close shut behind you, the dog because I've sensory seekers I was worried they touch the dog it was really good being able to talk it through with them and facts it went so smoothly.

I couldn’t of asked anything more and I feel that with an award it brings more awareness to them as not only that the majority of prisoners have mental health issues and additional needs more so with ADHD, it could help them understand more for the prisoners the families and friends.

2nd Place
Nominated Date - 02-05-2023
Nominee Name - Melissa Ashley
Nominee Service - Support

Nomination Details
I know she is my sister but for me she deserves recognition for all her support and help.
Despite being miles away she is always there for our family.
Especially my youngest who has Autism and development issues.

She provides amazing support for him and has gone above and beyond helping both us as a family and our son.
We get regular video calls which he loves and she provides me that sisterly support to hang on in there when I am perhaps at a low ebb, providing me personally with emotional support plus advice and words of wisdom.

At times when she sees that things are frantic she will even take my son and provide me a couple of days respite to focus on my other children who also have their own SEND issues.

She is a sister but she is a star in my life

3rd Place
Nominated Date - 23-01-2023
Nominee Name - Carole Murray
Nominee Service - KIDS

Nomination Details
She’s the #2 (pun intended!) the team around my son,is amazing but no one can step into my shoes if something happened,like Carole.

She’s been there for my son and I for nearly 9 years now, through my daughter and dad dying, our most difficult trials as a family, the boys leaving to live at the mums and then my sons dad dying in 2018. Since then it’s been just us :) and I know that if I wasn’t able to care for my son, she could fill my shoes until I was well again.

She’s literally one in a million, all our carers are though.

You’ll never find another Carole Murray

Nominated Date - 19-01-2023
Nominee Name - Karen Richardson
Nominee Service - Early Years

Nomination Details
I'm really impressed with the service from Early Years, I called through at 5:30pm on a Friday night when I was (what felt like) the end of the road and I had a case worker assigned to me by Tuesday morning - Karen Richardson.

My son is 8 and diagnosed with Autism. He was in such a heightened state every day, everything ended in a meltdown, sometimes lasting up to 12 hours. His meltdowns involve a lot of aggressive behaviour.

In addition my daughter, 11, with no special needs also needed help to understand her brothers diagnosis and what this meant for her and how to manage the impact it has on her life.

Karen came to see me within a week of the initial phone call and I am forever grateful. Karen is attentive, meticulous, thoughtful and she listens to me! Her support and advise have made significant change in our family.

Karen has worked mainly with my daughter, signing her up to young carers first, she arranged a meeting at my house to set this up and talk about the advantages of the group and we met with Andrea for Young Carers.

Karen has been to my daughters school weekly and worked with her to help her understand autism and given her strategies around what to do when my son has a meltdown. My daughter always asks me "when is Karen coming to see me next" She really gets a lot from these visits.

Karen has also followed up with young carers, when I have raised an issue, Karen has provided support and worked with young carers to work on the same issue.

Karen has also helped facilitate school meetings where there normally wouldn't be one, with both my sons and daughters school, she doesn't let anything slip by and ensures there is a resolution, actions are followed up and that everyone is happy at the end.

Karen has helped build bridges for my children going between 2 parental homes as this has been challenging. Karen has gone above and beyond by purchasing equipment to help manage my sons day.

I've met a lot of professionals but Karen stands outs to me as I never have to chase her for anything, she never misses an appointment, always brings enough resources and will happily go the extra mile. Karen is not one to signpost you and leave to your own devices, she will stand by your side to see that you have what you need, no matter what.

Nominated Date - 29-03-2023
Nominee Name - Sharon Marshall
Nominee Service - Swinderby Preschool

Nomination Details
Sharon (or Ra Ra as she is known) has been beyond amazing with supporting our 3 year old daughter. J is non verbal and potentially Autistic.

We were worried about how she would be accepted at a preschool setting due to how she is. Ra Ra has been amazing from day one. She has done a referral to Community Paediatrics (that was a long form!) and also for an EHC for J.

Not only has Ra Ra done these things, but she is always giving information on local support groups or information on what can help J with her being "potentially" autistic.

Ra Ra has been there when I've needed a shoulder to cry on, and always calmly explains what the next steps are in any of the referrals. It is thanks to her that I have been given the information for Lincs PCF, Portage and PAACT.

If she finds any extra info that could help J, she'll print it off for me to collect at either drop off or pick up. She is always so lovely about J, even when dealing with some of the more challenging behaviour like headbutting. Ra Ra always keeps us updated on progress and different things that have been tried/trying to do to help J.

She really is truly amazing and deserves so much recognition and thanks for all the hard work she has done as the SENCO at a very small preschool.

Nominated Date - 26-05-2023
Nominee Name - All Staff
Nominee Service - Gosberton House Academy

Nomination Details
A team of hardworking staff that have helped my son since starting.

He’s achieving, he’s growing and most importantly he’s given the opportunities to excel as much as possible.

He’s celebrated as an individual and the growth we’ve seen since he’s attended has been incredible.

Nominated Date - 07-02-2023
Nominee Name - Liane Parrinder
Nominee Service - Portage

Nomination Details
I would like to nominate my sons Portage worker Liane. She went above and beyond her job role in supporting our family on her home visits to us.

Also checking on us for all our long hospital stays. Not only has Liane supported my son also me. She took time to understand my sons needs and is always so kind and caring. We feel she should be recognised for her passion and kindness.

She supported us through hard times and was there for meetings as well as her home visits for my sons development.

Nominated Date - 17-02-2023
Nominee Name - Chloe Smith And Louise Paxton
Nominee Service - Park School Day Nursery

Nomination Details
Park School Day Nursery have gone above and beyond to meet the needs of my Daughter. My daughter was diagnosed with Autism and Developmental delay at 2 years old, and the Nursery have supported us every step of the way on our Autism journey. The SENDCO Chloe makes our fight her fight, and without her we would not have our diagnosis today.

We are in the process of assessment towards my daughter's EHCP and Chloe has been brilliant in ensuring my daughter will get the necessary support and intervention for her the thrive.

Her key worker Louise has so much nurture and care when supporting my daughter. In the few months she has worked with our daughter, she knows her inside out. She is so passionate about inclusively and ensuring my daughter thrives, we have seen a massive leap in my daughter's interaction and confidence because of Louise.

All of the staff in the school are very understanding of her needs and all collaborate together to ensure she is included and that she is happy.

Park School Day Nursery have been a lifeline to us as a family, always checking in and searching for any other methods of support we can branch out to.
We will always be grateful for the encouragement and support to give my daughter the very best start to her life.

Nominated Date - 23-01-2023
Nominee Name - Louise McLaren
Nominee Service - KIDS

Nomination Details
Lou(Louise) is our daughters support worker for KIDS and has been with us for a few years. We have been through some tough times especially at the moment with a long hospital admission.

Lou is visiting which has been a massive positive, Lou is a fab carer and knows my daughter so well. She is regularly checking in on how my daughter is doing, we know she is there to offer us comfort and support.

We have a lot of changes for home and Lou is amazing at listening and understanding and supporting us both through this difficult time.

Lou is an asset to KIDS and KIDS coordinators are amazing and understanding also.

Nominated Date - 04-02-2023
Nominee Name - Lincoln St Christophers School
Nominee Service - Lincoln St Christophers School

Nomination Details
This school gave my son a new lease of life and his education is thriving his confidence has drastically improved and they have improved our home life incredibly.

Special mentions to Miss Toni, Miss Leanne, head teacher kyna adkins, Mr Mcordick and Mr Ollie for all their devoted time to my sons well being and education.

Nominated Date - 09-02-2023
Nominee Name - Connie Sheardown
Nominee Service - Ambergate School Grantham

Nomination Details
Miss Sheardown has been a huge support for our son, not only has gone above and beyond in helping him.

She also accepts all the children for their individuality and talks to them in such a positive way.

Nominated Date - 01-03-2023
Nominee Name - Mrs Heidi Naylor
Nominee Service - Senco

Nomination Details
We moved up from Essex at the beginning of year 7 for my daughter and Mrs Naylor has gone above and beyond since she was offered a place at the school. Nothing is too much trouble and she is professional, responsive and proactive.

Nothing has been too much trouble and she regularly checks in with my daughter that all is ok. The support she has put in place has resulted in her being confident and happy and her education level has continued to steadily grow during her time at the school.

I have only ever heard praise and positive comments about her from other parents.

Nominated Date - 17-03-2023
Nominee Name - Jen Holmes
Nominee Service - Nursery

Nomination Details
Jen has gone and still continues to go above and beyond to support us with our child.

She emails and messages with resources and words of encouragement all the time. She has actioned so many things in a short space of time like SALT referrals, CP referrals and liaises with the HV.

Jen is personable and is highly committed to her role. Not only is she professional she is also very passionate about providing the best care and ‘start’ for the young children in her care.

Thank you Jen

Nominated Date - 26-03-2023
Nominee Name - Frank Garrod
Nominee Service - St Lawrence School Skellingthorpe

Nomination Details
I have two children, both diagnosed ASD with anxiety, one of them additionally has a diagnosis of ADD and frequently goes mute.

The team at St Lawrence school in general are kind and compassionate and have helped so much over the years with both of my children. Mr Garrod in particular always goes absolutely above and beyond, going the extra mile to ensure that they are understood and feel safe and happy, respecting their differences and championing the amazing people that they are.

An amazing school family to be a part of and they’ve made a difference to mine and my children’s lives in meeting them where they are at and embracing them.

Nominated Date - 30-03-2023
Nominee Name - Heather Knights
Nominee Service - Heather Knights From Linkage

Nomination Details
Heather has supported us as a family for 16 months, she is a true professional, caring, compassionate and went above and beyond to help and support us as a family.

She was a voice and advocate for us and our daughter.
Dedicated to her role, listening and being there.

We would like to thank her from the bottom of our heart.
A true inspiration.

Nominated Date - 15-06-2023
Nominee Name - Kate/mandy In Starlings
Nominee Service - Special School

Nomination Details
Absolutely fantastic school,Kate and Mandy have helped my daughter so much it is much appreciated and hasn't gone unnoticed.

Nominated Date - 15-06-2023
Nominee Name - Mrs Jo Shudell
Nominee Service - King Edward Vi Academy Spilsby

Nomination Details
Mrs Shudell has supported our family since 2014 with 3 children needing her support. She is proactive, kind, always returns calls and messages and she does this with the best interests of the children at the heart of it.

She has supported us after they have left, providing information to access further support and benefits.

I will sorely miss her experience as they leave to go on to other establishments. A huge thank you to her.

Nominated Date - 01-07-2023
Nominee Name - Donna Frost-phillips
Nominee Service - Senco

Nomination Details
I'd like to nominate Mrs Frost-Phillips as she deserves recognition for going above and beyond in helping support my foster daughter and myself as well as other children in need of extra support in school.

S has had a traumatic start to life and is going through further turmoil at the moment and Mrs Frost-Phillips is always kind, patient, nurturing, caring and understanding.

She works tirelessly both in school and in her own time to find solutions and to ensure S gets all the support and intervention she needs to progress in her learning.

She is always on hand with new strategies and ideas, and finds time to keep making a difference when clearly she has a huge workload to attend to. She will often reply to my emails in her own time the evenings and early mornings, she is creative, adaptable and an excellent role model to her colleagues and the children within school.

She deserves to know how much we appreciate her and how much she really is making a difference! !

Winner
Nominated Date - 21-07-2023
Nominee Name - Karl Kinsella ( Mr. K)
Nominee Service - Cranwell Primary School

Nomination Details
Karl is a caretaker at Cranwell primary school.
My little boy has really struggled to be in school throughout the last 2 years and Karl he has gone above and beyond to support him. Whilst he has never had a reason to have to help, my son quickly made a connection to him and Karl took this on board without even considering what was to happen over the following 2 years. My sons anxiety about being in school became quite sever and I found myself having to be in school with him daily.

Karl quickly realised that my son needed someone to help him whether that being someone to talk to, kick the football with him in the playground or give him a little job to do and this in turn allowed me to be able to have that little respite knowing my son was with someone he felt comfortable enough with to trust.

He would often pop in to the classroom throughout the day just to check in and make him aware that he was always available if he started to feel unsure about being in school. He has enabled my son to access his learning when we did not feel we would be able to even get him through the school gates.

There has been many occasions where his anxiety got the better of him and he would go into fight or flight mode, not once did Karl ever walk away from him and always made sure he felt his opinions mattered and were valued.

I can honestly say I do not know how we would have got through the last few years without him. As a caretaker not many people see the work he does within the school but for us as a family he is way more than just a caretaker, he has been a mentor and true role model for my son and for that I do not think we could ever thank him enough. He truly deserves to be recognised for his dedication to helping without even having to be asked.

2nd Place
Nominated Date - 25-11-2023
Nominee Name - Kirsty Sweeney
Nominee Service - Four Winds Accessible Riding

Nomination Details
Kirsty and the team at Fourwinds accessible riding, East Pinchbeck are wonderful.

My son attends on a Friday instead of school. They follow the national curriculum and teach him everything he could possibly need in terms of education but they also learn all about horses.

The level of pastoral care is unbelievable - my son has developed emotionally and mentally since starting with Kirsty over a year ago. He has developed a bond with one of his favourite horses and Domino has become a confidant of his. Without this emotional support, he would struggle even more than he already does.

My son finds emotion and regulation incredibly difficult and Fourwinds give him the support and space to not only be himself but to release all that emotion and process everyday life.

Alongside that, Kirsty has been so supportive to us as a family and to me personally. My son is one of four children and our eldest son, also has additional needs. Life is tough some days and I can’t remember how many times I have had an emotional meltdown/tears with Kirsty or one of the team.

There is no judgement, she just supports listens and offers guidance and advice that is worth so much more because you know that she genuinely cares.

I couldn’t speak more highly of anyone. She has made a very tough year, a lot easier to bear and I couldn’t thank her more. She has become a wonderful friend to my son and our family. We couldn’t get through the tough days without her.

She supports a lot of families and other children/young adults that are part of the wonderful programme she runs.

3rd Place
Nominated Date - 24-11-2023
Nominee Name - Justine Want
Nominee Service - Private Counselling/don't Lose Hope

Nomination Details
Justine started working with my son at Dont Lose Hope after he tried to self harm due to bullying at school. When he was ready to wean himself off, we went privately with her to taper her support off rather than it stop suddenly, he doesn't deal well with change. She saw him at DLH weekly for a number of years and was instrumental in helping build his self esteem and our confidence back up as a family.

She held a very safe space for him to let it all out. He has since been diagnosed with ASD and she helped him to come to terms with what that meant for him and how he uses that knowledge to navigate life. She used putty to keep his hands busy, she let him share while he stared at hands and struggled with the words.

She is the most kind and patient person, often offering support and guidance to me as she let me out the building while he had his sessions. Our family will be eternally grateful for her calm and wonderful support which has turned our family around, we now have the tools to face what we must, and the confidence to do it as a family without further support.

I have had a lot of counsellors myself over the years, none have had the very serene and warm approach that Justine offers. She is an absolute star.

Nominated Date - 02-12-2023
Nominee Name - Jane Rose
Nominee Service - Portage - Grantham

Nomination Details
Jane Rose is both my daughter's Portage co-ordinator.
From the very first moment Jane stepped into our home, she felt 'normal', wasn't judging me or my parenting methods, or being negative about my daughters behaviours and who they are.

Jane celebrated everything about them and their little quirks. Jane has been nothing but a ray of sunshine in all of our lives.

Thanks to Jane, my daughter received after mediation her EHCP, through Family Fund which Jane recommended to me, we have outdoor play equipment funded to us. Thanks to Jane, I have cue cards, books, information and evidence for my younger daughters EHCP process and both their DLA applications were evidenced by Jane.

I cannot tell you how much help Jane has given to me.
Not just this, Jane is a pleasure to be around, permanently has a smile on her face and just makes me laugh until tears roll down my face.
She thoroughly deserves recognition but there isn't enough Janes in the SEN world.
We love you Jane! Xx

Nominated Date - 11-07-2023
Nominee Name - Branston Little Pickles
Nominee Service - Senco Team

Nomination Details
Goes above and beyond to help with early intervention for your little ones. They have an amazing support system in place to help parents.
Meeting every 6 weeks, updates every time my child in the setting via a communication book as he is non-verbal.

Nominated Date - 21-09-2023
Nominee Name - Mrs W Taylor
Nominee Service - Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham, Ng31 8ed

Nomination Details
My Daughter receives above and beyond support from Mrs Taylor at Priory Ruskin . She always has time for her, an open door and helps her talk through any bothers, big or small.

Mrs Taylor has helped my daughter through panic attacks, feelings of overwhelm, keeps her updated of any changes and challenges and can always talk her down or motivate her, depending on her current need. She has supported her through friendship struggles, helped support teachers to understand her needs, built her confidence and encouraged her to succeed.

My daughter started her school journey with many challenges, self esteem struggles, anxiety, friendship difficulties all leading to meltdowns and unhealthy coping strategies. She changed primary schools to an excellent nurturing, supportive school but I worried about her secondary experience. Mrs Taylor quickly built a positive, trusting relationship with her.

She is now in year 11, a performing arts and house prefect and Mrs Taylor already has a plan how to support her through her GCSEs and anxieties around this time. I know she wouldn't have had the same journey through secondary without Mrs Taylor.

My daughter isn't planning on staying on to sixth form after year 11 but I know the advice and support that she has received will stay with her.

Nominated Date - 07-07-2023
Nominee Name - Mrs K Singleton
Nominee Service - Teacher

Nomination Details
I would like to nominate Mrs Singleton for this award because she goes above and beyond for every pupil and in particular has been an amazing support to my son. Not only has she been fantastic with him but she has supported myself through some particularly tricky times.
She is a fantastic teacher that goes without saying but to go that extra mile for every pupil and family is why she deserves this award. When my son started school it was an extremely difficult time and on occasion it was hard for all but she never gave up, she saw potential and kept me involved with all decisions and explained his EHCP in detail to me. He has flourished and in all honesty has exceeded all expectations and that is down to her and the staff at Rauceby. For example he would not read a book, he struggled to concentrate and take on the information and now he is above the expected stage for reception children!

With the patience he has been shown he has learnt how to express his emotions and feelings in a healthy way, he is able to say he wants to be alone or that he needs some quiet time. His confidence has grown so much and he looks forward to going to school. He understands boundaries a lot more also. I cannnot quite believe the transformation in him and to see him join in at sports day was such a proud moment for me.

I no longer have fears and worries about him being left behind because I see he is just as capable as any other child, the staff are all phenomenal. I am so grateful Mrs Singleton, you probably does not realise how much you have done for us as a family by just being you. Thank you for putting so much effort into my boy and making school a positive experience for him, I know its hard at times but you really are amazing. You have paved the way for a bright academic future for my son. Thank you.

Nominated Date - 28-09-2023
Nominee Name - John Blomeley
Nominee Service - Pilgrim Hospital School

Nomination Details
My daughter joined Pilgrim at Amber Hill in April 2022 and has recently left having completed her GCSEs. That she passed every subject is a testimony to the amazing support that she received there.

Every adult works with such skill and compassion making sure that she was supported on her toughest days. They were always so understanding and helped her to realise her own self-worth.

Having struggled with her mental health to the point of multiple suicide attempts in her previous setting, we believe that the staff here quite literally saved her!

It’s a fantastic provision and we’re eternally grateful that our daughter was lucky enough to go there.

Nominated Date - 23-07-2023
Nominee Name - Becky Clark
Nominee Service - Teaching Assistant

Nomination Details
Miss Clark was a TA for our son in years 1 and 2 at St Faiths Infant School and is the most incredibly patient, caring, nurturing person you could ever hope to have supporting your child.

She went above and beyond to ensure he has made every bit of progress he possibly could, keeping her eyes on him to ensure he never had any injuries (he also has a bleeding disorder) and enabled him to the become his most confident, best self, taking time to support with his every learning need, focusing on supporting his communication and striving to help him achieve his best.

He adores her and will miss her so much and we cannot praise her enough for the absolute star that she is. St Faiths are so lucky she is staying with them, genuinely any child who is supported by her is the luckiest.

Nominated Date - 01-07-2023
Nominee Name - Donna Frost-phillips
Nominee Service - Senco

Nomination Details
I'd like to nominate Mrs Frost-Phillips as she deserves recognition for going above and beyond in helping support my foster daughter and myself as well as other children in need of extra support in school.

S has had a traumatic start to life and is going through further turmoil at the moment and Mrs Frost-Phillips is always kind, patient, nurturing, caring and understanding.

She works tirelessly both in school and in her own time to find solutions and to ensure S gets all the support and intervention she needs to progress in her learning.

She is always on hand with new strategies and ideas, and finds time to keep making a difference when clearly she has a huge workload to attend to. She will often reply to my emails in her own time the evenings and early mornings, she is creative, adaptable and an excellent role model to her colleagues and the children within school.

She deserves to know how much we appreciate her and how much she really is making a difference! !

Nominated Date - 16-10-2023
Nominee Name - Becky
Nominee Service - Liaise

Nomination Details
I am nominating LIAISE , the organisation was very supportive when I required advice concerning challenging my sons school’s approach towards him. With their help I was able to challenge decisions that were made to a very successful conclusion .

I cannot remember individuals names as I spoke to several but I received call backs on time without delay and was treated with a great deal of empathy.

Nominated Date - 19-10-2023
Nominee Name - Danielle Gould
Nominee Service - Bourne Abbey Primary Academy

Nomination Details
She goes above and beyond to help all of the Send child’s children in school.

Nothing is ever too much trouble

Nominated Date - 21-10-2023
Nominee Name - Sendco
Nominee Service - John Spendluffe Technology College

Nomination Details
SENDCO at my daughters school JSTC have gone above and beyond to get her the help she requires when other agencies have failed and not recognised her problems.

Without these people my daughter would still be getting worse.

Nominated Date - 01-11-2023
Nominee Name - Chloe Terry
Nominee Service - Carers First

Nomination Details
This lady had been on the end of a phone when I've had low moments.

She has signposted help and has helped with days out for my daughter.

Nominated Date - 05-11-2023
Nominee Name - Karen Davidson
Nominee Service - Karen Davidson

Nomination Details
Mrs Davidson who was not only our sons teacher she was also the senior at the school. What she did for him was amazing with him having severe ADHD and getting him the help he required in school for the last 2 years which has meant him being able to go to a normal secondary school, we cannot thank her or the school enough.

Nominated Date - 30-11-2023
Nominee Name - Heather Pierce
Nominee Service - Part Of Sixth Form Pastoral Care Team Sixth Form Student Support Advisor

Nomination Details
Heather has helped and supported our daughter and us as a family more in the last 2 months in school than my daughter has had in the last 12 years.

She has actioned plans of support for her within hours of being asked, made sure she knows of upcoming changes, physically helped her into school most mornings, checked in with her hourly or more if needed, explained things to her clearly and tirelessly repeated instructions when needed.

Has liaised with individual members of staff about her needs and dealt with my daughters emotional outbursts amazingly and with such a calm manner.

Heather has communicated with myself multiple times a day to let me know how she is doing.

Nominating Heather for this award is just a tiny way we can show our appreciation for what she has done in helping us as a family and taking such a huge amount of stress and worry from us regarding school.

THANK YOU HEATHER FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

Nominated Date - 02-12-2023
Nominee Name - Sophie Addison
Nominee Service - SENCo

Nomination Details
Miss Addison goes above and beyond as SENCo. Making sure all children with additional needs are getting the support they need. Taking on multiple EHCP applications.

Coming up with ideas and solutions to help children thrive in a mainstream
Setting.

Nominated Date - 02-12-2023
Nominee Name - Abi Johnson, Anna Bradbrook
Nominee Service - Skegness Richmond Primary School

Nomination Details
My daughter is in year 3 and Miss Johnson is her class teacher and Mrs Bradbrook is the TA.

Since being in this class we have noticed a tremendous difference in our daughter's attitude to learning, this is because they have such an understanding of her needs and how best to support her within her tolerance window.

They have made such a difference it is incredible. We have a happier, stronger and more resilient daughter because of their input and effort.

I honestly can't thank them enough. When I told them how much good they were doing Abi just said "it's my job and I love it" but it's far more than that for us. It's compassion, understanding and life changing.

Thank you all in 3J class for the help and support this year.

Nominated Date - 02-12-2023
Nominee Name - Anita Capper
Nominee Service - John Harrox Primary School

Nomination Details
I would like to nominate Mrs Capper for giving support in such a bespoke way that works for both the children in the school,their parents and the staff.

She has humour, warmth and a vulnerability that is easy for everyone to relate to.

Nominated Date - 04-12-2023
Nominee Name - All Staff
Nominee Service - Ingham Primary School

Nomination Details
We have had incredible support for our son from all the staff at Ingham Primary School and feel they all deserve recognition and thanks. The school has such a lovely nurturing feel, and we are so grateful for the support they give us.

They always have time to listen, they take time to understand what he finds challenging and have always been very supportive and inclusive.

His class teacher Mrs Lovett deserves a special mention as she really goes above and beyond. Her support has made such a difference to us and to our son. It is clear she cares very much about her students, and we are so grateful to have her as his teacher!

Nominated Date - 06-12-2023
Nominee Name - Molly Withers
Nominee Service - Bramble Hall Day Nursery

Nomination Details
Molly was my daughters key person throughout her time in the toddler room and preschool. She devoted a huge amount of time to getting to know my daughter, as at the time she was entirely non verbal and found life very difficult.

As well as being an amazing member of staff and carer for my daughter whilst at Bramble Hall Molly has also always been on hand to help with issues at home.

She has stayed past her finish time on days when I couldn’t persuade my daughter into the car. She has put together additional materials to help my my daughter with any struggles she has at home.

Now that my daughter has started school Molly continues to be a really important part of her life as she takes my daughter to school as part of breakfast club. The transition to school life has been really difficult for her and Molly is still always at the end of the phone to help.

I honestly don’t know what we would do without her