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Celebrating Partnership and Progress: Join Welfare Call at Wonde Discover, BETT 2026

Celebrating Partnership and Progress: Join Welfare Call at Wonde Discover, BETT 2026

Posted by Andrew Henderson on 29th December 2025

Since 2020, Welfare Call’s partnership with Wonde has helped transform how Virtual School Heads collect and act on attendance data. What began as an innovative step forward has become a vital hybrid model for safeguarding, inclusion, and improved outcomes.

This January, we’re proud to take that partnership further, joining Wonde on the Wonde Discover stand at BETT 2026.

You’ll find us there on Thursday 22nd January, ready to meet education professionals who want to explore what effective, joined-up data collection really looks like.

A Partnership That Delivers

We were the first provider in the looked-after children domain to partner with Wonde almost six years ago. Together, we’ve developed a powerful hybrid model that combines automatic MIS data extraction with our proven calling service. Over 4,000 schools are now connected through Wonde to our systems, and Local Authorities tell us the difference is clear: faster insight, better accuracy, and improved intervention for vulnerable pupils.

It works because we built it with the sector, for the sector, balancing speed and scale with the human touch that complex cases require.

As Wonde continues to connect high-quality applications through their platform, we’re proud to be one of their long-standing partners in making education technology more secure, efficient, and impactful.

Why BETT, Why Wonde Discover, Why Now

The Wonde Discover area at BETT 2026 is designed to help schools explore trusted, connected solutions in one place.

By visiting Stand SL54, you’ll get to:

  • Discover how our attendance and attainment solutions integrate with Wonde’s secure platform

  • Learn how our hybrid model provides a complete picture across attendance, PEPs, and analytics

  • Ask questions and see first-hand how our approach supports Virtual School Heads and designated teachers

Most importantly, you’ll meet the people behind the service: our team who work directly with over 95 Local Authorities across England.

Join Us on Thursday 22nd January

We’ll be exhibiting on Thursday only, so make sure you plan your visit.

Whether you’re a current customer or a Local Authority exploring your options, we’d love to see you on the stand. This is a great opportunity to connect with both the Welfare Call and Wonde teams, see the partnership in action, and understand how we’re helping schools do more with data.

Stand SL54, Wonde Discover at BETT 2026 — Thursday 22nd January

See you there!

Get your tickets here https://uk.bettshow.com/visitor-registration (free to educators)

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    Calvin Kipling, Virtual School Headteacher for Darlington
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    Children in care have positive education experiences. In school, children in care have good attendance and behaviour. Permanent and fixed exclusions for pupils who are in care are low. The virtual school provides good support for schools to produce increasingly effective personal education plans, which include clear targets and the …

     

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    Cornwall Council – Children’s Services Inspection
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    Swindon Borough Council – Children’s Services Inspection
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    Worcestershire County Council – Children’s Services Inspection
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    Kashif Nawaz, Virtual School Head, Bracknell Forest
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    London Borough of Barnet – Children’s Services Inspection
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    Education is actively promoted for children in care and the virtual school is increasingly effective in ensuring that children make good progress and reach their potential. The quality and timeliness of personal education plans have improved significantly. Children benefit from regular reviews of their progress.

    London Borough of Waltham Forest – Children’s Services Inspection – 28/01/2019
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    The strong emphasis on ensuring that PEPs are of good quality and completed in a timely way is contributing well to children’s progress.

    London Borough of Enfield – Children’s Services Inspection – 04/03/2019
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    The virtual school provides effective support for the progress and attainment of children in care. The virtual school team has a sound understanding of the progress that children are making. As a result of effective support, many make good progress from their starting points. Personal education plans are mostly of good quality; they are reviewed termly and clearly identify the support that children need. Interventions are tailored to children’s needs and support their progress well.

    London Borough of Barnet – Children’s Services Inspection – 13/05/2019
  • Ofsted Logo

    Children and young people make good educational progress in care. Those who do not attend school have prompt access to suitable, good-quality registered alternative provision. Children’s progress is closely reviewed through personal education plans which have well-written targets, and this is an improvement since the last inspection. Urgent action is taken if children are missing from education or if their attendance reduces.

    Worcestershire County Council – Children’s Services Inspection – 17/06/2019
  • Ofsted Logo

    Personal education plans (PEPs) provide a sound basis to plan and review the progress children make. Children in care receive effective support from the virtual school staff, who understand their individual needs and act as effective advocates for them. This helps children stay on track to achieve their goals, and, consequently, many make good progress from their starting points.

    London Borough of Tower Hamlets – Children’s Services Inspection – 10/06/2019
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    The virtual school systematically monitors and evaluates the quality of personal education plans (PEPs), and, as a result, the quality of plans is improving. All PEPs have a clear focus on academic progress.

    Swindon Borough Council – Children’s Services Inspection – 01/07/2019
  • Ofsted Logo

    The rate of children’s attendance at school is rising. Relationships between the virtual school and designated teachers are strong. The personal education plan (PEP) process is well established and comprehensive. Children are making good educational progress.

    Cornwall Council – Children’s Services Inspection – 14/10/2019
  • Ofsted Logo

    The virtual school has a clear sense of purpose and direction and makes good use of performance data to target its activity to best effect. As a result, its influence and impact continue to grow. Ninety-six per cent of children in care have an up-to-date personal education plan (PEP). Better use is being made of the pupil premium grant.

    Bedford Borough Council – Children’s Services Focused Visit – 23/10/2019
  • Ofsted Logo

    Electronic personal education plans are detailed, focus on the key areas, and include pupil targets and the pupils’ perspectives. A range of extra-curricular activities are available to support and enrich the lives of children in care. The virtual school carefully tracks the progress of all pupils and is quick to intercede should a child’s attendance start to reduce.

    London Borough of Harrow – Children’s Services Inspection – 10/02/2020
  • Ofsted Logo

    Children in care have positive education experiences. In school, children in care have good attendance and behaviour. Permanent and fixed exclusions for pupils who are in care are low. The virtual school provides good support for schools to produce increasingly effective personal education plans, which include clear targets and the voice of the pupil. The engagement of children in care and care leavers in their education and pathway plans is improving.

    Rutland County Council – Children’s Services Inspection – 02/03/2020
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    All children in care, including those placed out of area, had an online personal education plan (PEP) meeting during the national lockdown, and this provided a good line of sight into the experiences of these children.

    London Borough of Merton – Children’s Services Inspection – 06/10/2020
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