TRANSITION COORDINATORS NETWORK 2 May 2018 Cavendish school

Eric Southern Assistant Head Seaford Head School Seaford Introductions Hayley Bodman Associate Assistant Head of Academy Beacon Academy Crowborough 01892 603000 Eric Southern Assistant Head Seaford Head School Seaford

East Sussex Secondary Inclusion Partnership Project The project aims to reduce exclusions and improve attendance among vulnerable pupils across 15 schools. By: creating a partnership of mainstream and special schools to harness the expertise in the system focusing on quality first teaching to personalise learning developing the expertise and capacity of specialist leaders through peer networks engaging senior leaders in peer review delivering tailored packages of school to school support improving transition from primary schools. Reducing exclusions & improving attendance for vulnerable pupils Training & sharing best practice Self assessment Peer review (3 rounds) Evaluation & review School to School support Inclusion leads' network Transition co-ordinators' network The project in numbers: 15 Supported secondary schools ✧ 8 Provider schools in East Sussex ✧ 4 specialist provider schools across the south east ✧ 20 months – September 2017 to April 2019 ✧ £249,500 funding from DfE

Expectations Two way process Learn from each other Sharing good practice is a key factor for improvement Highlight the strengths of processes and find points for improvement Develop a “best practice” approach to transition

Expectations From SSIF project: Improve attendance Reduce exclusions Improve outcomes for disadvantaged/vulnerable students

Matters arising from last meeting Timeline/key dates – Thanks to Tracy Reflect on areas for dev and progress made? Feedback from primaries/parents? Queries?

Information from Primary schools Do you send a spreadsheet to be completed? If so: What information do you request? What do you do with this information?

Information from Primary schools What information do we actually use? Group exercise – tick sheet – need vs do not need

Transition process Ticksheet/questionnaire – do you do/have? Group exercise – tick sheet – need vs do not need

Transition process Needs to have/compulsory Even Better If……………………. Group exercise – tick sheet – need vs do not need

Vulnerable students? What do schools do to assist their transition? Is this above the “normal” transition programme What about in-year admissions/FAP? Who’s responsible for them? What about transition between yeargroups?

Impact What is the IMPACT of a good transition programme? How can we measure this impact?

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