Issue - meetings

  Report CEF23080

The report presented the annual update on the performance of the Virtual School for children in care and children previously in care, currently adopted or cared for under a Special Guardianship Order.

The Chairman asked the Virtual Head Teacher to share three highlights of the year.  The Virtual Head Teacher outlined work undertaken to bring together children’s services and schools to promote the education of children with a social worker and children in kinship care arrangements that had delivered improved outcomes for children facing additional barriers in education.  Other highlights of the year included the recognition of the work of the Virtual School in the report of the ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted judgement and the expansion of the Virtual School’s highly respected training offer to local, regional and national groups of professionals.

RESOLVED: That progress made towards delivering the actions identified in the Corporate Parenting Strategy be noted.