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Training

Birmingham Virtual School offer training and network meetings to a wide range of professionals including

  • Designated teachers and those supporting the role
  • Designated teachers for previously looked after children
  • Social workers
  • Foster carers
  • Adoptive parents
  • Special guardians
  • Residential Home staff
  • Early Years staff
  • Post 16 provision staff
  • IROs

Unfortunately due to COVID-19 all our face to face training sessions are currently postponed.

However we have used this as an opportunity to develop various hour long webinars. 

Those already delivered have been well received by both designated teachers and social workers. 

We are also currently developing further webinars including:

  • The new ePEP
  • Post LAC DT role and responsibilities
  • The adolescent brain
  • Supporting emotional regulation in primary schools
  • Supporting literacy
  • Supporting newly arrived young people
  • Education basics for social workers

Designated teachers

Our informative one-day training has now been split into four, hour-long twilight webinars, which we anticipate delivering at least twice a year.  

These will be highly useful to any new designated teacher, and those supporting the role.

Some of these sessions could also be a great refresher for those who are already established in the role.  The next series start on 16 January 2024 for four Tuesdays, from 4pm - 5pm.

  • Tuesday 16 January 2024: For new DTs - Being in care
  • Tuesday 23 January 2024: For new DTs - Role of the designated teacher
  • Tuesday 30 January 2024: For new DTs - Personal education plan (PEPs) and Pupil Premium plus (PP+)
  • Tuesday 6 February 2024: For new DTs - Practical use of the ePEP system

For further details and to book a place

Summer 2024

  • Tuesday 23 April 2024: For new DTs - Being in care
  • Tuesday 30 April 2024: For new DTs - Role of the designated teacher
  • Tuesday 7 May 2024: For new DTs - Personal education plan (PEPs) and Pupil Premium plus (PP+)
  • Tuesday 14 May 2024: For new DTs - Practical use of the ePEP system

For further details and to book a place

Social workers

A webinar around PEPs and PP+ will next be delivered later on in the autumn term. Check back here for more details or the ePEP noticeboard.

Bespoke training

We can deliver bespoke training for schools via twilight sessions or staff meetings. 

Get in touch with us at  BirminghamVirtualSchool@birmingham.gov.uk.

Page last updated: 12 October 2023

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