Section outline

  • The Virtual School is working to: 

    • develop education providers' understanding of different kinds of kinship care arrangements 

    • support post-16 providers to understand the importance of greater focus and visibility for the distinct needs of kinship young people and families 

    • support providers to understand their role in identifying and supporting learners from kinship care families 

    • promote approaches that support attendance, participation and engagement in post-16 education 

    • promote practice that improves educational achievement, progression and long-term outcomes for young people in kinship care 

    • signpost to support and resources currently available to kinship care families 

    • provide advice and guidance to kinship carers with special guardianship orders and child arrangements orders, regardless of whether their young person was previously looked after by the local authority 

    • support partnership working between education providers, kinship families and relevant agencies