The role of Virtual School Heads has expanded from September 2024 to include championing the educational attendance, attainment, and progress of children in kinship care.
Virtual School’s role for children in kinship care is to:
- raise awareness of the needs and disadvantages of children in different types of kinship care arrangements
- promote practice that supports attendance and engagement
- promote practice that improves the educational attainment and outcomes of children in kinship care
Central Bedfordshire Virtual School will provide advice and information to all kinship carers with Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) and Care Arrangement Orders (CAOs) as part of their non-statutory role.