Virtual School

Blue Light Card – discounts for Foster Carers

Join foster parents and carers from across the country who’ve signed up to Blue Light Card. Follow these simple steps: . Click register . Select Social Care . Select Foster Carers . Enter Foster Carer/Parent in the job title . Fill out your details . Upload a picture of your ID card or pay slip* […]

PostPosted: 15 Mar 2024Posted in HeadlinesThemes: Education for all (Inclusion), Keeping children safe, Virtual School

Sutton Virtual School Annual Report 2023

The Sutton Virtual School Annual Report 2023 describes how Sutton Virtual School works closely with foster carers, social workers, Cognus services and schools to help improve the education of our Children Looked After. To find out more about the Sutton Virtual School, please visit their homepage and then have a look at their information and all that […]

Help at Hand service by The Children’s Commissioner

Help at Hand is the Children’s Commissioner’s advice and assistance service for children in care, children who have a social worker or are working with social services, children living away from home and care leavers. Children, young people, or their advocates can get in touch with Help at Hand for free by phone, website or email.

ePEP

We are pleased to announce that the updates to the Sutton Virtual School PEP document are now live. We have designed the new PEP with input from designated teachers, social workers, foster carers, young people and our CLA nurse team. Please ensure you familiarise yourself with the updates and watch the training video which takes […]

National Advocacy Helpline

Since 2015, the Department for Education has commissioned a national advocacy helpline to support the rights of children to be heard. The NYAS ‘Safety Net’ helpline service will continue the national provision of: The service accepts referrals from children and young people, professionals working with young people, friends, families, and carers. The service will be […]

Smart Targets

Every PEP must contain three SMART targets that are reviewed at the next PEP. There should always be a SMART target for English / literacy, maths and then another area eg attendance, homework, another subject. Where a child is in KS1 or KS2 there must be a writing SMART target as we know that statistically […]

Social Worker Training

Sutton Virtual School are pleased to launch our CPD programme for 2023-24 with the golden thread theme of ‘Change Makers’. Please see the Social Worker CPD Programme for the individual training session dates, designed to provide ongoing support to SW’s. The programme outline on the flyer contains links to sign up to the virtual Teams […]

Attendance

If you are worried about a young person’s attendance, remember – Attendance is Everyone’s Business! Contact the young person’s Virtual School Advisor and the rest of the Network to arrange an attendance meeting where an attendance Action plan can be developed. Attendance action plan template If EBSA is the main barrier to attendance, work through the […]

Improving outcomes for school-aged children

Information about EEF research-based interventions and more coming soon!

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!