Consultation outcome

Revised guidance for virtual school heads and designated teachers

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 16 October 2017
• Last updated: 26 February 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Revised guidance for Virtual School Heads and designated teachers

Ref: DFE-00054-2018

PDF, 254 KB, 19 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on changes to 2 statutory guidance documents following the Children and Social Work Act 2017.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
3pm on 16 October 2017 to 5pm on 27 November 2017

Consultation description

We invite views on changes to 2 statutory guidance documents: “Promoting the education of looked after children” and “Roles and responsibilities of designated teachers for looked after children”.

The Children and Social Work Act 2017 has extended the role of the virtual school heads and designated teachers to certain previously looked-after children as they continue to experience educational challenges after leaving care.

We will update the statutory guidance to reflect their new duties.

Published 16 October 2017
Last updated 26 February 2018 + show all updates

1. 26 February 2018

   Added government response.

2. 16 October 2017

   First published.