TRANSITION Transition Home to nursery Nursery to reception

TRANSITION

Transition • • • Home to nursery Nursery to reception KS 1 to KS 2 First to middle KS 2 to KS 3 Middle to high school KS 3 to KS 4 Sixth form Leaving school • • year group to year group Class teacher Subject teachers SET changes • Friendship groups • House moves • Family relationships

Why is a good transition important? o It’s a time of change – can be when pupils are at their most vulnerable ◦ New peer groups ◦ More independence ◦ New challenges ◦ Increased levels of anxiety and worry o Pupils go from being known to being unknown. Their current school/teacher knows all about them but the new school/teacher knows little and so valuable knowledge and information can be lost. Attendance and attainment is passed on but what about o Friendships o Schools relationships with parents o What motivates them? o What are their hobbies and interests? o What do they worry about? o How is their mental and physical health

Do we have this information to pass on? data Pupil Gathering Staff Parent s

Where do we get our information? • Talking to the pupil • Google survey Pupil parents • Parents evening • Phone conversations • Minutes of meetings • annual reports • Observations from staff • Staff meetings • Form tutors • Pupil info requests DATA • SATS • Internal testing • attendance Staff Others: External agency reports, PEPs, SEN profiles, EHCP

But………transition needs to be more than a piece of paper that’s filed away! School and Pupils are prepared Worries are listened to Gaps are filled Visit and meet Talking starts early Share staff training Cross phase activities

Family games night SENCo, Year head meetings 3 Taster days Change detectives Additional visits Out of CMS Into CMS Teachers go to meet and teach pupils Spreadshe et and profiles Information Booklets Spreadsheets and profiles Mtgs/reviews with both schools (and parents) Learning mentor visit HS SEN open evening

Receiving settings; be prepared Feeder setting; share your information Work together

Useful Reading https: //www. headteacher-update. com/best-practicearticle/getting-transition-right-for-vulnerablepupils/216252/ http: //www. instituteofhealthequity. org/resourcesreports/improving-school-transitions-for-healthequity/improving-school-transitions-for-health-equity. pdf https: //nasen. org. uk/uploads/assets/d 120 f 943 -7 f 8 b-48 c 6 bc 5 b 0 d 2 ab 448 c 54 d/transition. pdf