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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

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…

Coming Together for Our Community: Supporting Barnsley Foodbank This Christmas

Coming Together for Our Community: Supporting Barnsley Foodbank This Christmas

At Welfare Call, we’re proud to be based in Barnsley, and even prouder to play a small part in supporting the community around us. Today,…

ARC 2025 Conference Reflections: Inclusion Needs More Than Good Intentions – It Needs Infrastructure

ARC 2025 Conference Reflections: Inclusion Needs More Than Good Intentions – It Needs Infrastructure

This year’s ARC 2025 Annual Conference brought together hundreds of professionals from education, all united by a single goal: to build systems where every child…

How Barnsley Virtual School Uses Welfare Call to Drive Data-Led Support for Vulnerable Learners

How Barnsley Virtual School Uses Welfare Call to Drive Data-Led Support for Vulnerable Learners

A case study with Tom, Virtual Headteacher for Looked After Children and Vulnerable Groups   At Barnsley Virtual School, ensuring every child receives the support…

Raising the Standard: How Cyber Essentials Plus Protects Local Authority and Virtual School Data

Raising the Standard: How Cyber Essentials Plus Protects Local Authority and Virtual School Data

We’re pleased to confirm that Welfare Call has once again achieved the Cyber Essentials Plus certification – the highest level of assurance within the government-backed…

Why Prioritising Value Over Cost Matters in Virtual School Procurement

Why Prioritising Value Over Cost Matters in Virtual School Procurement

Balancing limited budgets with growing responsibilities has always been a challenge for Virtual School Heads. The extension of your role, increasing complexity of data needs,…