S01 E02 Peterborough Virtual School: Our Vision And Way Of Working Education, Aspiration, Success podcast

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In this episode, Nic Phillips and Fran Haunch are joined by Ishmael Ngundu (Team Manager for Leaving Care). Ishmael shares his extensive knowledge and experience of the specific needs and vulnerabilities of Unaccompanied Children in Care. Care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery: Statutory guidance for local authorities Independent Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Support Service (IUSS) Children's Commissioned: The Big Ambition for Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum - Reflections from my Ambassadors For further information about the work of Peterborough Virtual School please visit our website Peterborough Virtual School If you have concerns around the education of a child or young person known to social care, please contact the Virtual School virtualschool@peterborough.gov.uk…

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S01 E04 Attendance Matters: Every Minute Counts 39:48

14 days ago39:48

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Gina Hayes and Clare Webley from Peterborough Virtual School's Inclusion and Engagement Team are your hosts for this episode. They discuss why good school attendance is so very important for all children and young people and acknowledge some of the barriers which may lead to poor attendance for children and young people known to children's services. They are joined by clinician Vanessa Kinsey-Thatcher to explore the increasing concern around emotionally based school avoidance and what social workers, carers and others supporting children and young people can put in place to ensure that all are enabled to attend school and achieve their full potential. Working together to improve school attendance For further information about the work of Peterborough Virtual School please visit our website Peterborough Virtual School If you have concerns around the education of a child or young person known to social care, please contact the Virtual School virtualschool@peterborough.gov.uk…

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S01 E05 Transitions and Admissions: Navigating Change, Beginnings and Endings 23:03

14 days ago23:03

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In today's episode, Gina Hayes and Amanda Jones from our Inclusion and Engagement team discuss the range of transitions which children may experience throughout their educational journeys - the big ones such as primary to secondary and also the smaller ones, such as moving from learning time to break time and back again. They explore the considerations which need to be undertaken if a change of school is needed and explain why change can be difficult in some circumstances. School Admissions Code Apply for a School Place Children's Commissioned: Looked After Children who are not in School For further information about the work of Peterborough Virtual School please visit our website Peterborough Virtual School If you have concerns around the education of a child or young person known to social care, please contact the Virtual School virtualschool@peterborough.gov.uk…

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S01 E03 A Right to Education: A journey through our education system 36:02

21 days ago36:02

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In this episode, Fran Haunch and Emma Slade from Peterborough Virtual School's Partnership and Outcomes team are joined by Peterborough's Service Director for Education, Carrie Traill. Fran, Emma and Carrie consider children's rights to education and explore the vision of high quality, full-time and well-matched education for all children and young people in Peterborough. They follow the education journey from nursery into primary school and then secondary school - explaining some of the key milestones along the way. They then discuss the different pathways young people may choose to follow at 16 and beyond. The Right to Education - UNICEF UK Education System in the UK For further information about the work of Peterborough Virtual School please visit our website Peterborough Virtual School If you have concerns around the education of a child or young person known to social care, please contact the Virtual School virtualschool@peterborough.gov.uk…

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S01 E02 Peterborough Virtual School: Our vision and way of working 19:02

21 days ago19:02

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All Children Known to Social Care will achieve educational outcomes enabling them to lead healthy, happy and fulfilled lives . Zoe Lattimer and Nic Phillips are back in this episode to explain the specific way of working in Peterborough Virtual School. They detail the intelligence and evidence base which underpins the model and the intention behind this which is to maximise the impact of the work. They explain in detail the breadth of work across the Virtual School within the internal teams to support inclusion, engagement and partnership working. Improving the Effectiveness of Virtual Schools For further information about the work of Peterborough Virtual School please visit our website Peterborough Virtual School If you have concerns around the education of a child or young person known to social care, please contact the Virtual School virtualschool@peterborough.gov.uk…

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S01 E01 What is a Virtual School? – Championing Education for Children Known to Social Care 20:49

8 weeks ago20:49