Families

Assisted Travel Service

The Assisted Travel team is a statutory service. We ensure young people can travel to school or college. We ensure they are not prevented from travelling by circumstance, disability or need. We ensure that children can arrive at school ready to learn. The Assisted Travel team receive applications for transport. We assess the needs of […]

Family and Children Engagement

Cognus staff want to work together with families. We know how important feeling listened to, supported and understood is. Below are the ways we work with and listen to feedback from young people and families: Cognus Family Voice Membership: Commitment: For more information or to get involved please email: familyvoice@cognus.org.uk #CognusandProud Family Focus newsletter Sign […]

Other Information and Guidance

Browse here for Government guidance relating to the children we support. Help at Hand service run by The Children’s Commissioner Promoting the education of children with a social worker (publishing.service.gov.uk) National Advocacy Helpline More coming soon!

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Please refer to the Local Offer for key information. Other resources/ information: Please refer to our Book a Consultation section if you’d like to book a free, SEND-focused consultation to discuss an individual case. Autism and Social Communication Understanding Neurodiversity: A guide to Specific Learning Difficulties Books for trauma & anxiety needs for children & […]

You said, we did

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Resources

You Said, We Did

Below is a summary of the work we are undertaking in response to the groups requests and feedback. (UPDATED) You Said: There is an unfairness between what support previously looked after children receive compared to SGO children who have not been in public care. We did: We have extended our offer of support to all […]

PEP

1. What is a PEP? All children looked-after (CLA) must have a care plan, of which the Personal Education Plan (PEP) is an integral part. The PEP (pre-school, to age 18) should be initiated as part of the care plan. A PEP meeting must take place each term for every Child Looked After. It is an evolving […]

Early years

Sutton Virtual School works closely with schools, nurseries, foster carers and prospective adopters, to promote the education of children in care. We are keen to support you to give lots of opportunities for fun, play-based learning at home, so we hope that you’ll find lots of useful ideas and information here. A study by the […]

Working with schools

It is not a Statutory duty for schools to do Personal Education Planning (PEP) meetings for Children Previously Looked After, however many schools and families that we have worked with find having an education planning meeting really beneficial to identify and meet the needs of the child. It can also be useful to plan the […]