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The 2019 Children in Care, Virtual School desk calendar is now available.
ALL photos were taken by Leicestershire Children in Care, Virtual School students who took part in a competition to be featured in the calendar.

On Thursday 15th November the Virtual School took young people to see the Maths Inspiration Show at The New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.

Leicestershire Virtual School demonstrate their support for #antibullyingweek and #chooserespect by sporting a natty variety of podal adornments.

Welcome to the new home of the Leicestershire Virtual School website!
This should be the first place you turn to for information about all education issues affecting Leicestershire looked after children and previously looked after children.
You will find information about all our exciting upcoming events in the Events section and we will be reporting on all those that have already taken place in the Latest News section.
We are keen to get your feedback on the content, so please contact us by email on virtualschool@leics.gov.uk

On Sunday 14th October, the Virtual School invited children in Year 7, who have just started secondary school, to an activity day at Beaumanor Hall. As well as having fun, this gave them an opportunity to meet the Virtual School youth workers and to voice their ideas about future participation events, PEP meetings and transitions from primary to secondary school.

This summer, the Virtual School supported 8 young people aged 12-16 to take part in a music project with Pedestrian, a Leicester-based charity delivering workshops in music, art and media.

What a brilliant time we had in the woods during the summer holidays, with an amazing group of children and carers!

In February 2018, 23.6% of Leicestershire’s 16 to 18 year old care leavers were not in employment education or training (NEET) compared to 2.1% for all Leicestershire young people of the same age (November 2017).

The night sail was one of the highlights of the Virtual School Tall Ships trip.

The adventure continues...

Wednesday was such an action-packed day that we didn't have time to write the blog until the following morning

It was lovely to wake up to a view of the beach this morning. It was another sunny day, but with a pleasant cooling breeze.

We set off from County Hall a little bit late but arrived in Portsmouth on time...

Last night's meeting was arranged so that the group could meet each other and find out more about the Tall Ships week in July.

On the 19th April staff from the Virtual School took a group of young people to see An Officer and a Gentleman at Curve theatre in Leicester.

On Thursday 15th March, 15 young people from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Leicester University Experience Day.

Last week I attended the National Association of Virtual School Heads' (NAVSH) annual conference in London.

The visit was a really good chance to see if university might be a part of these young peoples' futures!

On Saturday 20th January, the Virtual School visited the Curve Theatre in Leicester to see a brilliant production of George's Marvellous Medicine.

Today some of our Year 8 and 9 students are visiting De Montfort University and finding out what it is like to study art and design.