Virtual School

PCLA census data

Identifying Previously Looked After Children (PCLA) The school census requires the school to identify CLA and PCLA children within their school. It may be difficult to identify the Previously Looked After Children (PCLA) within a setting if you haven’t been informed by adoptive / SGO parents of their status. Children previously looked-after are those who […]

Pupil Premium Plus funding

Schools receive £2530 per year Pupil Premium Plus funding for all children who have previously been in care and are now on a Special Guardianship Order, Adoption Order or a Child Arrangement Order. The funding is not a personal budget for the child and can be used by the school in any way they choose […]

ESOL Summer Fun Programme for Sutton UASC

We are excited to launch our ESOL Summer Fun Programme for 2022. We are planning four fantastic days out for our Sutton UASC/ ESOL students. The activities will be free of charge and on most days a small lunch will be provided. If your young person would […]

Foster carer training

We are hosting a programme of training sessions in 2023-24 to ensure that foster carers can gain access to educational knowledge to help them in their role. Please find attached our CPD programme for 2023-24 and a link to sign up for the training sessions. Once you have signed up on the link, we will […]

New to Role training

Sutton Virtual School are offering training sessions for new to role Designated Teachers (Children Looked After and Previously Looked After leads) . Please share this invitation with any appropriate staff in your school who would benefit from attending. This training is specifically for any Sutton Designated teacher who is new to role or will be […]

Primary

Sutton Virtual School works closely with schools, nurseries, foster carers and prospective adopters, to promote the education of children in care. We are keen to support you to give lots of opportunities for fun, play-based learning at home, so we hope that you’ll find lots of useful ideas and information here. If you’d […]

Training

CWSW training Designated Teacher Training 2024-25 EHCP application for CLA Executive Function (films 1- 6) Foster carer Education training New to care film Previously Children Looked After Post 16 and HE film Trauma informed transition Part 1 & 2 We’re here to help – Therapy/Support film Your HE Choices Attendance Autism and Trauma Relational Approach […]

ePEP

1. What is a PEP All children looked-after (CLA) must have a care plan, of which the Personal Education Plan (PEP) is an integral part. The PEP (pre-school, to age 18) should be initiated as part of the care plan. A PEP meeting must take place each term for every Child Looked After. It is an evolving […]

Children Looked After

In this section, we will outline the aspects of Sutton Virtual Schools work that supports Children Looked After. We work directly with children looked after, their families, schools and social workers to ensure that they receive the best educational opportunities available.

SGO / adoptive parent training

If you are an SGO or adoptive parent, please watch our training video to illustrate the support you can gain from Sutton Virtual School and other support that is available around education.