How can Birmingham Virtual School support you?
Our role is to provide support, signpost and advise parents, educators and other professionals.
- Offer general advice and information, to educational settings and help to improve awareness of the needs of previously looked after children.
- Offer advice on identifying and meeting young people's needs.
- Advise parents to support positive futures for their child through phone consultation, meetings or email.
- Training is provided in a supportive manner, which will enable you to understand the educational settings.
- Guidance is offered on effective use of Pupil Premium+ funding to educational settings.
- Give general advice and information to early years settings and schools, which will help to improve awareness of the vulnerability and needs of previously looked-after. children.
- This includes promoting good practice on identifying and meeting children's needs.
The Advisor for Previously Looked After Children can use their local knowledge and skills of the Birmingham Virtual School staff across the team, to offer the correct support to the local schools and parents within that area, as well as using the expertise of other professionals, for example educational psychologists.
