The Education Welfare Service provides support in the widest sense for children and young people of school age, their families and carers, to enable them to receive maximum benefit from the educational opportunities which are available to them.

The Education Welfare Service believes that:-

• the education and welfare of children are of paramount importance
• our staff are our most valued asset in supporting children, families and schools
• our Service promotes a partnership between parents/carers, schools and other relevant agencies to work in the best interests of the pupils' education
• our Services aims to be accessible, responsive, reliable and effective
• our priority at all times is to protect children from abuse of any form, from exploitation and to support their right to education