Virtual School - Information and Resources
- Bridging the Gap. Giving Adopted Children An Equal Chance In School (PDF 1MB)
- Survival In School (PDF 2MB)
- Welcoming an adopted child into the primary school (PDF 351KB)
- Goodbyes and Transitions (PDF 157KB)
- School Trips - Reducing Trip Trauma (PDF 128KB)
- Improving the attainment of looked after children in primary school guidance for schools
- Bridging the Gap. Giving Adopted Children An Equal Chance In School (PDF 1.2MB)
- Key Questions for Secondary Schools (PDF 344KB)
- Survival In Secondary School (PDF 2.2MB)
- Welcoming Adopted Child (PDF 350KB)
- Goodbyes and Transitions (PDF 157KB)
- School Trips - Reducing Trip Trauma (PDF 128KB)
- Improving the attainment of looked after children in secondary schools guidance for schools
Transitions can be very difficult for Previously CLA, the following considerations should be made:
- Work with all professionals to create an agreed transition plan so everyone knows the full accurate situation and who is responsible for what
- Take away as many anxieties as possible - visit prior to the start date, meet new staff, create a transition book with photographs, find a school buddy at the new setting,
- Make sure all possessions travel with the child - all school work,
- Facilitate meaningful hellos/goodbyes with key staff
- Create space and provide an appropriate adult to talk through what and why things are changing
Further advice and information can be accessed at:
Useful Information can be found below:
The neuroscience of attachment - key messages
Attachment Styles and their Impact On Learning and Behaviour
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
Guidance for Developing Relational Practice and Policy (PDF 629KB)
Facts about exclusion:
The past experiences of Previously CLA can impact on their behaviour and this needs to be remembered when considering how best to support the Previously CLA with their learning and implementing school behaviour policies.
Previously CLA are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of exclusion and head teachers should as far as possible avoid permanent exclusion.
Only a head teacher can exclude a student either fixed term or permanently.
'Informal' or 'unofficial' exclusions such as sending a pupil home 'to cool off' are unlawful regardless of whether they occur with the agreement of parents or carers.
Any exclusion must be formally recorded.
If your child has been sent home from school without school following the formal exclusion process then contact the Access and Inclusion Team
Schools must have regard to the guidance: Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and PRU's in England