Attendance

Social workers

Please find below our social worker handbook for social workers who are supporting Children Looked After, Previously Looked After and Children with a Social Worker to help promote educational outcomes. Sutton Virtual School Social Worker Handbook Practice Directive (Promoting the education of children with a social worker) CWSW Local Area Principles

Designated Teachers

The Designated Teacher for Children Looked After and Previously Looked After is a Statutory role in schools and should be held by a senior leader able to influence practice and policy across the school. Children Looked After (CLA) and Previously Looked After (PCLA) in schools have often, experienced a disrupted learning journey, sometimes missing extended […]

Reading

Here is a guide to help Promoting reading in the Early Years Sutton VS – The Power of Reading

Meet the team

Kate Leyshon, Headteacher, Sutton Virtual School 07515 137 705 kate.leyshon@cognus.org.uk Sara Martin, Deputy Headteacher 07534 528 680 sara.martin@cognus.org.uk Georgia Doncaster, Children Looked After Lead 07956 932 688 georgia.doncaster@cognus.org.uk Moira Adams, Assessment and Quality Assurance Manager 07534 539 588 moira.adams@cognus.org.uk Kieron Ifill, Child Looked After Education Advisor 07736 338 158 kieron.ifill@cognus.org.uk Laura Brightly, Child Looked […]

Designated Teacher Training

Sutton Virtual School is committed to ensuring Designated Teachers can receive access to high quality training to support them in their role. Please review the training options below to ensure that you have a strong understanding of your role as Designated Teacher and are actively engaging in training that will support Children Looked After […]

Post 16

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Preventing suspensions and exclusions

Sutton has developed a Local Area Graduated Response for Preventing Exclusions which has been in place since September 2019. The document details aims and principles, as well as a range of interventions and support available, which schools should use to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to prevent exclusion and to and provide early […]

Our Virtual School Offer

Sutton Virtual School support both families, schools and professionals to ensure that children receive the best educational opportunities. We now support children looked after, children previously looked after and children with a social worker. What does our offer to schools include? We support schools to develop […]

Our Values

Be Courageous Have Aspiration Show Integrity Be Kind Our motto ‘Aim, Aspire, Achieve’ Our rewards We issue rewards each term to children who have reflected our values in their learning – both in or out of school. We will email carers a link to receive a book or educationally linked resource if they are successful […]

Schools & Professionals

Sutton Virtual School work with schools and professionals to help improve educational outcomes for the following groups of children: Children Looked After Children Previously Looked After Children with a social worker Children with formal kinship arrangements We value the importance of building relationships with other professionals and use collaborative approaches to support the development of […]