Derbyshire's Virtual School aims to enhance the life opportunities for children in care by supporting their education and enabling them to achieve the best they can.
We do this by:
- providing children in care with advice, guidance and support to enable each young person to reach their full potential
- tracking and monitoring attendance, exclusions and progress
- providing specific training for schools, designated teachers and carers
- challenging schools and educational settings to raise attainment of looked after children
- providing educational advice and guidance to young people and their carers
- recognising and celebrating achievement
- providing advice and guidance on future pathways
- encouraging the participation of our children and young people in out of school experiences to raise self esteem
- ensuring all children in care receive their core mainstream offer of education, providing access to educational resources and offering support with studies
- providing personalised support packages to young people, to support behaviour and social development
- providing a designated education support officer for every young person
- working in partnership with others to support the educational needs of individual pupils
- providing access to IT support, tuition or tailored services to promote achievement and success
- working with schools to ensure Pupil Premium Plus is used effectively to narrow the gap
Find out more about the virtual school or contact our virtual headteacher, email: virtualschool@derbyshire.gov.uk or tel: 01629 538028.
Personal Education Plans (PEP) and Pupil Premium Plus
It is a statutory requirement that all children in care (0 –18) accessing education provision require a PEP to be undertaken three times a year.
Information about the Derbyshire virtual school online electronic PEP system and the Pupil premium plus policy for children in care 2022-2023 can be found on the Derbyshire County Council website.
Children in care information and resources for schools:
The Adoptables' Schools Toolkit
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