Roles in virtual schools: professionals, schools and organisations

Find out how our Virtual School can provide support and guidance for children and young people in care or adopted.

Part of

Waltham Forest virtual school

For school based and other professionals, we: 

  • support and work with headteachers, safeguarding leads and designated teachers, as well as social workers and foster carers, to meet the educational and wellbeing needs of vulnerable children 
  • offer training in attachment aware, and trauma informed practice 
  • ensure schools can meet their statutory responsibilities towards the various groups of ‘vulnerable’ children within the virtual school’s remit 

Alongside the school which the child attends, we also: 

  • assess and review Personal Education Plans (PEPs) for children in care 
  • manage funding for children in care, such as the pupil premium plus