{"id":7103,"date":"2022-05-24T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/supportforschools\/?page_id=7103"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:23:22","slug":"children-in-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/early-years\/children-in-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Children in care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The early years consultants (EYCs)<span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif\">&nbsp;<\/span>support settings with children on roll who are in the care of Devon County Council, whether in or out of county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each child has an allocated EYC who will liaise with the designated teacher in the setting. We work closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/young-people\/children-in-care\/education-of-children-in-care\/\">Devon Virtual School<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EYC will visit the setting at least twice a year, to discuss the child\u2019s learning and development, and offer support to the setting. Visits are usually face-to-face, but in the current climate may need to be virtual. Additional visits are available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/early-years-send-and-inclusion\/early-years-consultant-area-sendco-role\/\">support with SEND<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An EYC will attend PEP meetings whenever possible. Prior to a PEP meeting, the designated teacher should receive a telephone call from the allocated EYC to discuss the child\u2019s current progress and support with the target-setting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For any queries regarding children in care, please contact Tamsin Robertson at <a href=\"mailto:tamsin.robertson@devon.gov.uk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"tamsin.robertson@devon.gov.uk\">tamsin.robertson@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For any technical issues with the ePEP system, please email <a href=\"mailto:educate.educationsystems-mailbox@devon.gov.uk\">educate.educationsystems-mailbox@devon.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The early years consultants (EYCs)&nbsp;support settings with children on roll who are in the care of Devon County Council, whether in or out of county. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":14325,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 19:51:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7103"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34908,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7103\/revisions\/34908"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}