I work closely with local authorities, including Virtual Schools, to develop and evaluate place-based approaches that improve outcomes for children and young people who experience one or more vulnerabilities.

Supporting Local Authority Education Reform

Selected Work

Education of Children in Kinship Care Achieving for Children & Surrey Virtual Schools - (2024–2025)

Collaboration on a feasibility study to identify and implement effective ways to support children in kinship care, their carers and educators. Outputs include a Kinship Care Padlet for professionals and carers. A mixed methods approach including Ripple Effect Mapping workshops.

Virtual Schools Extended Duties Programme Achieving for Children & Barnet Virtual Schools - (2023–2024)

Collaboration to write a context dependent theory of change to develop interdisciplinary ways of working, monitoring and evaluating approaches to support the education of children with a social worker.