About
This is to discuss current national and local issues around the education of Children in Care, Children Previously in Care and Children with a Social Worker.
Sessions can be attended by the most relevant member of staff in your setting (it does not have to be the designated teacher who attends) and multiple colleagues from the same setting can attend.
Autumn 1: Wednesday 15 October 2025, 3:30pm to to 4:30pm, online
Kit Messenger: Planning for children to do well: a look at how school policy and procedures support the children in your school to have the best chance of doing well each day (Part 1).
Autumn 2: Thursday 13 November 2025, 3:30pm to 5pm, online
Diana Bell: Preventing suspensions, considering alternatives, and managing when the decision has been made to suspend a CIC, Unaccompanied asylum seeker children: supporting good practise in schools.
Spring 1: Wednesday 4 February 2026, 3pm to 5pm, online
Kit Messenger: When things go wrong: looking at how school systems and policies support the children in your school when they struggle (Part 2).
Spring 2: Thursday 5 March 2026, 3:30pm to 5pm, online
Diana Bell and BHISS EP: A Graduated Response to Attendance
Summer 1: Wednesday 20 May 2026, 3:30pm to 5pm, online
Kit Messenger: Follow up: Exploring how school policy and procedures help children in your school make sustained progress over time (Part 3).
Summer 2: Thursday 18 June 2026, 3:30pm to 5pm, online
Sarah Lindfield and Rebecca Brooks: Belonging and achieving – children in kinship care and children adopted from care
Dates and times
Location
How to book
To book, send an email to the Virtual School for Children in Care and Previously in Care team.
This is a 3-part series delivered by Kit Messenger. Sessions will follow on from each other.
Please book onto all 3.