Author: Ryan, Kat

1. What is a PEP (Personal Education Plan)?
A PEP is a statutory document for all Cared For Children which clarifies the child’s educational needs. It aims to raise aspirations, maximise outcomes and improve life chances beyond education. It should have SMART targets for progress that are based on the child’s needs, strengths and interests.
For a child with an EHCP, the plan should complement but not duplicate the plan. An SEN caseworker will also be assigned to the child.

2. Who needs a PEP?
All pupils from Reception to Year 13 who are Cared For need a PEP. The PEP meeting will take place three times a year in autumn, spring and summer.

3. Who is involved in the PEP meeting?
A meeting is held with the child, their Social Worker, School, Virtual School, and Parents/Carers. It is the Social Workers responsibility to organise the PEP meeting. Each school has a Designated Teacher who takes overall responsibility for all Cared For Children within their school.

7. Quality assuring the PEPs
Each Cared for Child has an Education Co-ordinator from the Virtual School who will monitor their progress. They will quality assure each PEP, providing feedback to both Social Care and the school. They will also check that the funding requests are in line with the child’s needs.

What is Pupil Premium Plus?
Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) is funding which is used to support the school in developing the targets within the child’s PEP. The maximum request for term 1 and 2 is £550 and for term 3 £500. PP+ cannot be used to fund interventions/support that are already funded elsewhere (e.g. transport), nor can it be used to fund anything that the school already funds for all pupils.

Learning from Audit:
CLA & Permanence
Nov 2019

Personal
Education Plan (PEP)

4. What happens during the PEP meeting?
Prior to the PEP meeting, the child’s views, wishes and feelings will be documented by the Designated Teacher/appropriate adult within school or the Social Worker. This document forms an integral part of the meeting to ensure that the child’s voice is heard and discussions are meaningful and focused. The Designated Teacher will complete all of the academic information and the Social Worker will complete background and relevant personal information about the child. All professionals share their views on how well the child is progressing, both academically and emotionally and, as a result, targets are set.

Target Setting
A maximum of 4 targets should be set for the term. These targets should include evidence based interventions/strategies to achieve the targets, what the expected outcomes are and details of the funding request to support this. It is important that all of this information is shared with the child’s teachers and other key professionals. Previous targets will be reviewed at the next PEP meeting and adjustments made if necessary.

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