What is a Personal Education Plan?
A Personal Education Plan (PEP) is a document describing a course of action to help a child or young person reach his/her full academic and life potential.
The PEP should be put together and be completed at a meeting with the designated teacher, or an appropriate school representative, the social worker and carers for the young person as well as the Virtual School. The child or young person should also be part of their education planning, either at the PEP meeting itself or through discussions outside that meeting.
Although it is not possible for the Virtual School Staff to attend all the PEP meetings for those in the care of St Helens Council it will be very helpful if Social Workers and Designated Teachers when co-ordinating the PEP meeting, invite them.
Who is responsible for the PEP?
As the PEP is part of the overall care plan for the child/young person, the social worker is ultimately responsible. However it is completed in partnership with the school, Foster Carers, Virtual School Staff and the Child/Young Person. Within school, the designated teacher has lead responsibility for the development and implementation of the PEP.
What should happen prior to the PEP meeting?
Everybody should complete a draft version of their section of the PEP on ePEP, in order to facilitate discussions in the PEP meeting.
Discussions should be had between the Child/Young Person and the designated teacher to discuss what they would like to say, how they feel they have progressed since the last review, and what support they would welcome during and after the meeting.
What does a good PEP look like?
PEPs must include a funding provision map linked to the SMART targets on ePEP detailing the intervention/action/resources required.
- PEPs must give the general overview of the child, including their background, using signs of safety
- They must record the child's attainment and their levels of progress
- There must be a record of the target levels and predicted grades
- They must record the SMART targets and to say what the next steps will be
- They must record what the Pupil Premium Plus+ will be spent on
Can the Personal Education Plan and the Looked After Child review be run together?
Yes. It makes sense to run an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) review together with a PEP meeting and/or a LAC review once a year at least. This would save time, finance and paperwork.
Good practice would be to send all documentation to the Independent Reviewing Officer two weeks in advance of the LAC Reviews.
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