Children with a Social Worker

Access our Training for Educators page.

Identify the cohort of children within your school: 

• Which children are currently on, or have previously in the past 6 years, been on a CIN or CP Plan? 

•  Which children have been on a CIN or CP plan whilst being on roll with your setting?  

• Follow: Promoting the Education of children with a social worker: Virtual School Head role extension guidance which is for local authorities, virtual schools, schools, early years and post 16 education provisions. This is now statutory guidance.  

• Review how you communicate the needs of your children across your staff group- use information and feedback across your setting to help plan your support and interventions. Meet regularly to discuss this cohort to review their attainment, attendance and wellbeing data. 

• Think about interventions and support needed across this group- what are the themes. The Education Endowment Foundation research on interventions. There is some data to suggest that what works for this cohort in terms of academic support and interventions may be slightly different to what works for Children in care. What works in education for children who have had a social worker  

• See the opportunities available to you to support inclusive education eg. ARC membership and SEN Investment Fund training 25/26 

• Invest time and energy in becoming a trauma informed school using relational practice. It is an approach that is proven to work and will give you the knowledge to support all children through any adverse experience. The practices you will develop and embrace within your ethos of your educational setting will benefit all who are part of your community – pupils, staff and families. 

• Our children want us to have high aspirations for them, to believe in them and not to treat them differently. We must support them to achieve their potential and to ensure that educational settings and services do not become barriers to achieving this for them. 

• Use our training and resources section to access further information to support this cohort of children. 

• To identify interventions that will support your cohort of children with a social worker refer to the Education Endowment Foundation Guidance Reports for more information and advice on all aspects of learning 

• Please read the Education Endowment Foundation guidance on Improving Behaviour in Schools