Section outline

    • enhancing partnerships between education providers and children's social care 

    • training and development for post-16 leaders, safeguarding teams and practitioners 

    • targeted, data-informed projects and interventions 

    • advice and guidance relating to vulnerable learner cohorts 

    • resources, tools and evidence-informed practice to improve outcomes 

    Virtual School Heads are not being asked to: 

    • work directly with individual learners or families, including case management 

    • track and monitor the educational progress of individual learners on behalf of providers 

    • provide direct academic interventions for individual learners 

    • respond directly to requests from parents, carers or learners regarding individual cases 

    • take responsibility for SEND provision or statutory duties that remain the responsibility of education providers and local authorities 

    • replace existing safeguarding, pastoral, attendance, SEND or learner support arrangements within post-16 settings