The Nexus forum has its own board dedicated to Virtual Heads and others involved with looked after children for discussions on current events, talking points, changes in policy, best practice, help, guidance, cross-boundary working - anything you'd like to discuss with your virtual school colleagues across the country.
The forums are of tremendous benefit to users, putting you in touch with people with similar roles and concerns to you from all across the country who you would probably never have the means to contact otherwise. In addition to answering your questions, you are encouraged to contribute your experience and knowledge to help others.
You can access the forum via the Forum item on the main menu bar. Once on the forum landing page, click on the Looked After Children link within the Working Together area. This will display a list of the latest topics posted by yourself and others. To read a topic click on its title.
Starting a new topic is as simple as clicking the New Topic button at the top of the Looked After Children's board topic list page. To leave a reply on a forum started by another user, and the Add Reply button at the top of the topic's page.
Some topics might be polls you can vote for and it's possible to attach files to a new topic. Do not ever post anything sensitive to the forum. Pupil names and identifiers should NEVER be posted either in the main post or any attachments.
If a particular topic interests you and you'd like to be notified by email as soon as it is updated with new replies, you can watch it by clicking on the Options link found in the header of the topic and clicking on the Watch this topic link from its list of options.