Creating a Virtual School to impact standards and learning

EDClass launched EDVirtual in 2017 so that schools could benefit from the Virtual School and Classroom approach to support a range of learners in and outside of school. We did this with Sheffield Inclusion Centre and the impact was special.  EDVirtual was been created so that any educational establishment can target those hard-to-reach learners, using your own staff, mentors and support staff (alongside EDClass teaching staff if you wish) to educate learners in any location. Our new virtual school and classrooms can help schools and centres educate learners who have difficulty attending a mainstream provision.  WE DO NOT USE ANY THRID PARTY SOFTWARE.  We can track and evidence all learning, assessment and make sure all learners are online with timetabled sessions

Case study: Providing an effective Virtual Classroom  and alternative provision for a Pupil Referral Unit to increase outcomes, raise achievement and improve attendance.

By Sheffield Inclusion Centre

Cohort: A cohort of 15 students, who are not just school refusers but also “PRU refusers”

“Our students are out of mainstream education for various reasons; they might suffer from anxiety or other mental health issues. Others simply just don’t like school. But our objective is very clear: we want to get our students back into mainstream education.”

Objectives: To use the EDVirtual (Virtual classroom) to help educate, support and offer safeguarding for a range of students with both the schools and EDlounge teaching and support staff

Methodology: To follow a unique learning pathway specially designed for each student in English and Maths whilst getting virtual support on line by a safeguarding mentor (at the school) and getting online support regarding lessons (within EDLounge)

“We use a virtual classroom to deliver lessons and homework to our students, and they receive an attendance mark for each session. There is a tracking system in place so we can see at a glance how many times a student has logged on, what they’re doing, how they’re progressing, and so on. We’re also able to have a virtual face-to-face check ins with each student, enabling us to see that the student is safe and well, and also speak to them about their work and progress”.

Results:

Stats: 14 out of 15 students (93%) progressed completing a six week English and Maths programme

Stats: 83.25% attendance rate.

Stats: 4% increase in the whole school attendance

Stats: One students percentage increase by 43%

Stats: 36% of cohort had 100 percent attendance

Success: Two of the students asked to come back into centre and have been successfully reintegrated.

“The results have been incredible. Two of our students have recently informed us that they want return to mainstream education! With a virtual classroom, we’re able to ensure our students receive classwork and homework regularly, and we can monitor their progress and give them the support they need, so that when the time comes, the transition back into the classroom goes smoothly.”

Benefits to using EDClass and EDVirtual as your Virtual School

This is a perfect resource for students who are school refusers, demotivated, vulnerable, school phobic, long-term sick, distance learners and students who are struggling with mental health issues. Your learners will benefit from being taught by your teachers and support HLTAs - whom they know and trust - in our Virtual Classroom, using our online platform. 

You can personalise and tailor their learning to their specific needs and capabilities. Our unique safeguarding tools have been developed with these students in mind, to give educators the best opportunity to deliver lessons to off-site students whilst monitoring their behaviour and safety. All virtual lessons can be streamed live for teacher viewing and are also recorded, automatically backed up and exported daily to your establishment to ensure safeguarding all round.

EDClass also incorporates ‘live classroom tutoring’ for any learner who is: 

• In a reintegration plan
• Having mental health issues
• Suffering with anxiety and depression
• School refusing
• Suspended
• Excluded
• Persistently absent
• Short or long-term sick
• Following an Alternative Curriculum
• Vulnerable
• Studying ESOL
• Demotivated / disengaged
• Excluded
• In isolation
• At risk
• Attaining low levels of literacy or numeracy
• Requiring catch-up

Please call 01909 568 338 to get a demo on how to create a Virtual school using EDClass and EDVirtual for your whole school, trust or authority