Designated Teachers' Newsletter

Dear Colleagues, 

Please see attached for this term’s Designated Teacher update 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. 

2025-26 Virtual School Training and Support Offer 

While this newsletter highlights training up to the end of the academic year, please know that we will be publishing our 2025-26 Virtual School Training and Support Offer very soon. We will alert you. 

You will be able to view our offer via our Virtual School webpage. 

2025 Virtual School Conference

You will see that we are encouraging all DTs to attend our 2025 Virtual School Conference on Thursday 16 October. 

If you are seeking a fast-track to booking, visit the conference webpage to secure a place. 

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 at 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 5 gets off to a positive start 😊 

Oxfordshire Virtual School