Support is available from the point at which the child becomes eligible for free early education, which is currently the start of the term following a child’s second birthday, and concludes when they have completed statutory education.
The duty relates to previously looked-after children who are in an education provision in the area served by the VSH irrespective of where the child lives.
Support is available to the following groups:
- Adoptive parents or those who have parental responsibility for the child
- Providers of early education
- Designated teachers of maintained schools, academies and alternative learning provisions in the East Riding
- Adoption team