Designated Teachers' Newsletter

Dear Colleagues, 

Please see attached for this term’s Designated Teacher update (pdf, 714kb) from Oxfordshire’s Virtual School. 

This termly publication aims to provide updates, signposts, useful strategies and ideas to support the work of Designated Teachers for Children We Care For and Previously Cared For Children. Do pass on, print and display, as appropriate. 

If you are a new DT or have not attended DT induction training, please contact your Virtual School Caseworker for support without delay and get the date into your diary for our Spring DT Induction Training (Wednesday 19th March, 1-3.30pm) which will be in-person and is bookable now via this link above. 

You will also see that we are encouraging all DTs to attend our Designated Teacher Practice Day on Thursday 30th January. Click here for more details 

2024-25 Virtual School Training and Support Offer 

While the newsletter highlights training up to Christmas, please see below for the comprehensive 2024-25 Virtual School Training and Support Offer: 2024-25 Virtual School Training and Support Offer (https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/file/virtual-school/VirtualSchoolTrainingProgramme.pdf).  This outlines the training and support Designated Teachers (DTs), and staff working with our care-experienced children and young people, can freely access. Bookings can be made via Education Services (https://educationservices.oxfordshire.gov.uk/Training). 

Our offer is very popular, so we would recommend you book on without delay. We are here to support… Don’t suffer in silence. 

If you have any questions relating to Children We Care For or Previously Cared For Children, please don’t hesitate to contact us (virtualschool@oxfordshire.gov.uk). We are here to help! 

Thank you for all that you do to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children and young people, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people. What we do to improve outcomes for our care-experienced children and young people can’t be achieved alone – we’re in this together! We hope Term 2 gets off to a positive start 😊 Oxfordshire Virtual School