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The Virtual School have created a Self-Audit Tool for education settings to use, to help evaluate their provision for children in care, who have left care, and children with/previously with a social worker. This can be found here: VS Setting Self-Audit Tool

To view our Training Toolkit Video please click here  https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/vschool/training/training-toolkit/

Additional guidance and recommended reading for schools and professionals can be found here https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/vschool/policies-procedures-and-resources/resources/ 

Adoption West

If you feel a family may require support outside of education, please direct them to Adoption West, or the relevant adoption service if the child was adopted through an authority outside of Gloucestershire in the last 3 years.

Adoption West

If you feel a family may require support outside of education, please direct them to Adoption West, or the relevant adoption service if the child was adopted through an authority outside of Gloucestershire in the last 3 years.

Championing Kinship Care
In December 2023, the government published the first National Kinship Care Strategy in England, titled ‘Championing Kinship Care’, building on the document ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’. This new strategy details the Government’s future plans and investments for kinship care. One of these commitments is for an expansion to the role of the Virtual School from September 2024. This role will include championing the educational progress of all children in kinship care, and will allow kinship carers to access advice from the Virtual School on request, regardless of whether the child was previously in care.

The full government strategy can be read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/championing-kinship-care-national-kinship-care-strategy

Gloucestershire Kinship Team

If you feel a kinship family may benefit from additional support outside of education, please direct them to the Gloucestershire Kinship Team on 01452 425320, who can provide free advice and support.

Championing Kinship Care
In December 2023, the government published the first National Kinship Care Strategy in England, titled ‘Championing Kinship Care’, building on the document ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’. This new strategy details the Government’s future plans and investments for kinship care. One of these commitments is for an expansion to the role of the Virtual School from September 2024. This role will include championing the educational progress of all children in kinship care, and will allow kinship carers to access advice from the Virtual School on request, regardless of whether the child was previously in care.

The full government strategy can be read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/championing-kinship-care-national-kinship-care-strategy

Gloucestershire Kinship Team

If you feel a kinship family may benefit from additional support outside of education, please direct them to the Gloucestershire Kinship Team on 01452 425320, who can provide free advice and support.

To be eligible for this Pupil Premium, pupils must have previously been in care of the state or the equivalent from outside England and Wales.  

Younger children who were previously in care may be eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium.

To be eligible for this Pupil Premium, pupils must have previously been in care of the state or the equivalent from outside England and Wales.  

Younger children who were previously in care may be eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium.

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