Tools for Schools
Special Advisory Teachers Early Years SEND Transitions
Introductory Flyer October 2022
The role of the team is to support children with additional needs make a positive transition from home or pre-school into Reception. We can accept referrals from schools, early years settings and other professionals.
Referral Form for pre-schools October 2022
Further information can be found on West Sussex Services for Schools
Anna Freud Mentally Health Schools website
The Anna Freud Mentally Healthy Schools website has some useful information. This includes:
- Useful tips for school staff to help children and young people settle when starting primary school or to support those who change school regularly as well.
- A starting school toolkit which offers support to parents and children before school, during the first few days and over the first year.
West Sussex County Council
- Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Guidance on transition for early years providers and schools.
- Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Guidance to help childcare settings develop and maintain effective practice.
- Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Diversity and Inclusion Guidance and strategies to support and extend inclusive practice.
Autism Transitions: An autism transitions project
This project is a collaboration between The University of Southampton and Aviary Nursery in Eastleigh.
- Making a digital story – What is a digital story?
- Making a digital story to support transitions.
Other resources
The National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN) also contains a number of resources to support with transition into school.
A Brain-based approach to supporting children’s transitions – guest post. This is a post written from the point of view of the psychological impact that effective and not so effective transitions can have.
Supported transition plans
- Supported Transition Plan – guidance for completion
- Supported Transition Plan
- ‘Planning for Positive Transitions from Early Years Settings into School’ – ‘A Best Practice Guide for Settings and Schools’ – provides specific need type strategies to support transition, produced by the West Sussex Autism and Social Communication Team (ASCT) and Learning and Behaviour Advisory Team (LBAT)
- Annex Section 2: Early Years Foundation Stage: ‘Ordinarily Available Inclusive Provision’ guide.
- Additional guidance can be found via the Tools for Schools.
- Transition guidance – West Sussex County Council – for universal transition process guidance
- Transition summary template for pre-school settings to use or adapt to support the transition process.
- Early years diversity and inclusion guidance.
Last updated 20 October 2022