Personal education plan (PEP)

The statutory guidance on Promoting the Education of Looked After Children requires that a range of educational and developmental needs are covered in a PEP. These include: 

• Access to a nursery or other high quality early years provision that is appropriate to the child’s age and meets their identified developmental needs
• On-going catch-up support for those who have fallen behind with school work
• Provision of immediate suitable education where a child is not in school
• Transition support needs where needed, such as when a child begins to attend a new school or returns to school or when a child has a plan for permanence and may change schools as part of that plan
• Support needed to help the child realise their short and long-term academic achievements and aspirations. This includes support to achieve expected levels of progress for the relevant national curriculum key stage and to complete an appropriate range of approved qualifications
• Careers advice and guidance and financial information about further and higher education, training and employment
• Out-of-school hours learning activities, study support and leisure interests
• School attendance and, where appropriate, behaviour support
   

See Section 20 of the statutory guidance for local authorities on Promoting the Education of Looked after and Previously Looked After Children for more information on PEP.