Virtual School policies and procedures
Documentation including statutory guidance used by virtual school.
About the Oxfordshire Virtual School
Admissions and placement guidance
- How to get a new out-of-county school place for a looked after child (pdf format, 121Kb) A guide for professionals
- Advice for social workers on school placement (pdf format, 156Kb)
A guide for social workers about securing quick and appropriate school admission for a looked after child - Protocol to secure the school admission of unaccompanied asylum seekers (UASC) 16 year within 20 days of coming into care (pdf format, 86Kb)
- Planned school transfer request form (docx format, 48Kb)
- Protocol for moves or absence (docx format, 54Kb)
- Advisory letter template for schools on term-time holidays (docx format, 194Kb)
- School provision guidance OCC CWCP without EHCP (pdf format, 162Kb)
- OCC CWCF moving back without EHCP (pdf format, 162Kb)
- CWCF moving to OCC with existing EHCP (pdf format, 154Kb)
- School provision guidance OCC CWCF with EHCP (pdf format, 153Kb)
Absence and exclusion guidance
- Protocol for applications for children to be absent from school in term time (pdf format, 119Kb)
- Exclusion protocol and the child we care for (pdf format, 148Kb)
Policy guidance
- Policy for inclusion of looked after children (pdf format, 191Kb)
A ‘model’ policy which schools can use as a starting point for their own educational success for children in care.
Statutory guidance
- Admissions - The school admission code
- The Designated Teacher for Looked After and Previously Looked After children: Statutory Guidance on roles and responsibilities - February 2018 (pdf format, 372Kb)
- Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England: a guide for those with legal responsibilities in relation to exclusion (pdf format, 340Kb)
- Improving behaviour and attendance in schools policy
- Improving the attainment of looked after children in primary schools
- Improving the attainment of looked after young people in secondary schools
- Promoting the educational achievement of looked after children, statutory guidance for local authorities
- 1:1 Tuition: The pupil and parent guarantees