Training

Peterborough Virtual School training is delivered at no charge to the following: 

• All Early Years Settings, Maintained Schools, Academies and Post-16 Providers within Peterborough 

• All independent schools and alternative provision providers currently offering education to Peterborough children known to social care

• All out of city schools, settings and providers currently offering education to Peterborough Children in Care and Care Leavers

• Colleagues from within PCC including Social Care and the Education Directorate

• Families and carers, including foster carers and residential setting staff, who care for  children known to social care 

Please note that as this training is delivered at no charge, bookings are monitored to ensure equal access. Multiple bookings by a single setting, school, provider, or LA partner, even if they are applicable to different delegates, may be restricted. In addition, we reserve the right to cancel a training session if the minimum number of delegates is not reached.

Places on courses are limited, so please inform the Virtual School virtualschool@peterborough.gov.uk at least 48 hours before the course date if you are unable to attend; otherwise a non-attendance charge may apply as follows:

• £50 for a full day course
• £25 for a half day course

This charge will be applied at the discretion of the Virtual School Head.

Applications for courses must be made via Microsoft Bookings (with the exception of Virtual Reality Headset Training for which there is a Microsoft Forms. The links can be found in the sections below. Please note that we cannot accept bookings by telephone. For general enquiries regarding Virtual School Training, please email virtualschool@peterborough.gov.uk