Welcome from St Helens Virtual School Head
St Helens Virtual School has a statutory duty to ensure that Children We Look After, Children Previously Looked After and Children with a Social Worker make good academic progress, achieve positive outcomes and proceed into their chosen destinations at every stage. The wishes, feelings and lived experiences of all of our children and young people sit at the heart of everything we do. The Virtual School works to promote a child centred approach and champions the needs and best interests of all of our pupils.
St Helens Virtual School brings together information about all the children we look after in St Helens - as if they were in a single school. We work closely with schools, education settings, social workers, parents and carers to share high aspirations and achieve strong outcomes for all the children in our care.
Our responsibilities include:
- monitoring the attendance, achievement and attainment of all of our pupils.
- ensuring all Children We Look After have a high quality and bespoke Personal Education Plan (PEP) with aspirational educational targets.
- managing the allocation and spend of Pupil Premium Plus funding.
- supporting the identification and access of school placements for Children We Look After (CWLA).
- ensuring robust oversight of every one of our pupils.
- promoting the education of children and young people who are Previously Looked After (PLAC) and Children with a Social Worker (CWSW).
- offering advice and guidance to schools, education settings, social workers, parents and carers.
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