Stockton Virtual School

If you're worried about a child, contact the Children's Hub for Stockton & Hartlepool on 01429 284284 or by email at [email protected]

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Welcome to the website of Stockton Virtual School for Children and Young People in our Care and formerly in Care.

Services and schools in Stockton-on-Tees work effectively together to ensure that all Children and Young People in our Care are supported, encouraged and challenged to aim high, to enjoy and to achieve.

"The virtual school is highly valued by local schools. The support it provides is enabling a strong sense of corporate responsibility towards children in care. School attendance is good at 96%. Children are supported to remain in school against a backdrop more generally of increasing exclusions. Children of all ages are making progress, and outcomes for children in care, particularly in the early years, have improved over time. Effective work by youth participation officers ensures that almost all children progress onto further education after Key Stage 4."
Ofsted, July 2019

"Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be."

~ Rita Pierson, Educator

The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.

~ Bruce D. Perry, Child Trauma Expert

Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health: safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives.

~ Bessel van der Kolk, Trauma Researcher

For a child or an adult, it's extremely powerful to hear someone say, "I get you. I understand. I see why you feel this way." This kind of empathy disarms us.

~ Daniel J. Siegel, Neuropsychiatrist & Tina Bryson, Parenting Expert

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

~ Nelson Mandela, Political Leader and Philanthropist