Section outline

  • The Virtual School is working to: 

    • Develop schools’ understanding of different kinds of kinship care arrangements 
    • Support schools to understand the importance of greater focus and visibility for the distinct needs of kinship children and families 
    • Understand the role of the school in identifying and supporting their kinship care families 
    • Learn how schools can support attendance and engagement of kinship children in education 
    • Promote practice that improves the educational attainment of children in kinship care 
    • Signpost to support and resources currently available to kinship care families  
    • Provide advice and guidance to all kinship carers with special guardianship orders and child arrangement orders, regardless of whether their child was previously looked after by the local authority.