LA Year 6/7 transfer good practice guide and transition pack

Dear all,

I hope you are keeping well. 

Please find attached a good practice guide on Year 6/7 transition.  It is the result of a joint LA and headteacher working party working, including both primary and secondary heads. It forms part of a suite of good practice guides which will be sent in the coming weeks and sits alongside the guidance sent by Gillian Douglas for supporting transition for SEND pupils.

The guide contains ideas on  the following:

  • Year 6 links with and ‘visits’ to secondary schools                                        
  • An Enfield Wide Year 6/7 Transfer Pack
  • Primary data and data transfer                                                                      
  • Additional points for consideration         
  • A temporary alternative to the normal mechanism for transferring pupil information between primary and secondary schools, through staff in LA Admissions

We hope you find it useful. 

Also attached is an electronic version of the Enfield Primary to Secondary Transition Pack, referenced in the guide.  The idea of a transition pack is not a new one, however, during the current time, it provides a useful and purposeful set of activities for children to complete, as a mixture of home and school learning.  We will be delivering hard copies of the pack to all primary schools and academies after half term, as agreed at the working party, to enable all Year 6 children to have the opportunity of completing it, ready to accompany them to their new school.  It does not replace anything secondary schools are already sending to their new pupils but is designed to work alongside it.  Again, we hope you find it useful and we encourage its use with Year 6.  We also encourage secondary schools to use it as a way to get to know their new Year 7s.   

With very best wishes,

Linda Stone