2024-25 Virtual School Training and Support Offer

Dear Colleagues, Please see attached for Version 1 of the Virtual School’s 2024-25 Training and Support Offer. This outlines the training and support Designated Teachers (DTs) and staff working with our care-experienced children and young people can freely access. You can book on via https://educationservices.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ now. 

Our offer is very popular, so we would recommend you book on without delay. If you (or a colleague) is a new DT, you must prioritise attending our DT induction training. As a reminder, the Designated Teacher (Looked-After Pupils etc) (England) Regulations 2009 require that the designated person is: 

• a qualified teacher who has completed the appropriate induction period (if required) and is working as a teacher at the school (regulation 3(2)); or 
• a head teacher or acting head teacher of the school (regulation 3(3)). 

The DT has statutory responsibilities that must be upheld. If you have any questions, do get in touch with us. We are here to help! What we do, who we are and how to contact us (https://sway.cloud.microsoft/S5tUWOBRjfKXu35Z?ref=Link) 

We will be in touch closer to the start of term with some top tips for DTs – we hope this helps to get off to the best possible start. Can we take this opportunity to thank you for all that you have done this year and all that you continue to do to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children. Have a safe and restful summer. We look forward to working with you when you return 😊 

Best wishes, Oxfordshire Virtual School