How will you prepare and support my child to join school and/or transfer to a new school?

Most children will enter into the Reception Year and have their needs assessed as part of our transition programme:

• Nursery visits by class teacher and SENCO
• Home visits by class teacher and learning support assistant
• Story time visits to the school in the summer term
• Information provided by previous setting (attainment, safeguarding, attendance, SEND)
• Information packs completed by parents
• Information provided by Hampshire SEND team
• SEND surgeries between class teacher and SENCO within the first month of school
• Observations made by class staff and SENCO – “A day in the life of…”
• Formative and Summative Assessments 

When a child joins our school at other times of the year, their needs will be assessed by:

• Transfer of data from previous setting (attainment, statutory assessments, SEND, attendance)
• Transfer for safeguarding records (CPOMS)
• Professional discussion between SENCOs and class teachers
• SEND surgeries between class teacher and SENCO within the first month of school
• Observations made by class staff and SENCO – “A day in the life of…”
• Meeting between parents and SENCO/class teacher

When a pupil on the SEND register moves to another primary or secondary school, a higher than normal level of contact with the receiving school is initiated by the SENCO to discuss:

• Current needs
• Provision in place to meet those needs
• Attainment and progress
• Emerging needs

Safeguarding records and attendance