Virtual school training

Find and book virtual school training and courses.

Attachment Aware training and accreditation

Our Attachment Aware schools training and accreditation programme has been developed with our Educational Psychology Service.

The following comments are just a few from those who’ve taken part in the programme:

"This has been an excellent, interesting and informative session. I was concerned this might be 'just one more initiative' when it is clearly not and will be beneficial for staff and children. Thank you."

"Thank you - part of a suite of good information from the Virtual School."

"I will talk to senior leaders at school about what I have learned. I will deliver whole school training to school staff. The resources on the memory stick are of good quality and will be very useful to use with the school team."

Attachment Aware training

Places on the training programme are limited and we can only accept 1 delegate per school. The course is always oversubscribed so if you cannot attend after booking a place, let us know as soon as possible so we can give your place to someone else.

The next training is due to take place on Thursday 11 July 2024- 9.30am-3.15pm
To find out more and book use our online booking form - Training Opportunity- Becoming an ‘Attachment Aware School’ .

The training will be delivered face-to-face at The Hamptons in Chelmsford.

Other training materials

For other attachment training materials visit the Bath Spa University Training​ materials on ​attachment​​ web pages.

Attachment Aware accreditation

Our Attachment Awareness accreditation is organised into the following 3 phases:

  • Bronze
  • Silver
  • Gold

Each phase requires schools to meet a set of criteria and provide evidence of completing certain tasks.

For more information about the accreditation process download the following documents:

Accredited schools

Schools accredited using the Attachment Aware Accreditation criteria include the following:

  • The Belsteads School - Bronze, Silver and Gold
  • Cherry Tree Primary School - Bronze and Silver
  • Crays Hill Primary school - Bronze​
  • Great Easton C of E (VA) Primary School - Bronze
  • Great Leighs Primary School - Bronze
  • Little Waltham CEVA Primary School - Bronze
  • Noak Bridge Primary School - Bronze
  • Northlands Primary School - Bronze
  • Open Box Education Centre, Epping - Bronze, Silver and Gold
  • Paxman Academy School - Bronze
  • Spring Meadow Primary School - Bronze and Silver
  • St Andrews Primary School at North Weald - Bronze
  • St Margaret's Prep School - Bronze
  • Thomas Willingale School and Nursery - Bronze, Silver and Gold
  • Woodcroft Nursery School - Bronze and Silver
  • Wyburns Primary School - Bronze

If you’ve taken the attachment training and completed the certification process make sure you submit your evidence to us at virtual.school@essex.gov.uk​