1. Transition Supporting children as they move settings
Brian Netto - Lead Early Years Officer
Sharon Bristow – Business Advisor
Friday 19th October 2018

2. Transition for all children
‘We believe that smooth transitions support the personal social and emotional development, learning and future success of every child’
DfE and DH (2015) SEN and disability code of practice 0-25 years
‘Transitions should
be seen as a process not an event, and should be planned for and discussed with children and parents. Settings should communicate information which will secure continuity of experience for the child between settings’
Early Years Foundation Stage Practice Guidance 2008
‘If transition is a process the key to its success lies in the preparation and planning beforehand and the settling in, or follow up, afterwards.’
Council for disabled children
‘School readiness is about the school being ready for the child rather than expecting the child to be ready for their journey.’

3. Why review transition?
Feedback - Increasing communication and information sharing
Partnership working – Collaborative approach with PVI’s, childminders, schools, parents and children
Accurate judgements and moderation
Securing family information
Support for children with SEND
Paperless transition document
Multi-agency approach
Lack of early years data

4. Key Criteria Practical information to support settling the child
Extract information Easily
Focus on prime areas
Develop partnership working
Parent friendly language
Supporting children with SEND
Offline solution
Secure solution
Timelines
Responses from schools
Budget

5. Implementation
Review transition document and process, document sections:
Details
Practitioner Assessment – Development Matters
Practitioner checklist
Inclusion
Child/Parent/Carer comments
Paperless submission - Secure and encrypted
School/Provider and Parent messaging

6. View documentation at www.harrow.gov.uk/earlyears
Transition Document
View documentation at

7. Supporting Transition 2017/2018
Workshops
Pilot feedback – provider
Guides and support documentation available online
Egress (secure ) setup support
Adobe Reader setup support
Process support
Parent information flyer
Survey

9. Transition – Feedback 2017/2018
600 transition documents sent through secure and encrypted mail
Positive feedback from schools as to the transition document content and information capture
PVI experienced some technical challenges
Confirmations for PVIs documents received by schools

10. What next? Refine process for children with SEND
Publish recommended timelines
Review document – fine tuning
Provide documentation to support schools with extracting data
Online language translations to support parent completion

11. Questions and Answers on Transition