Year 6 to Year 7 Transition support OMG
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What is Year 6 to Year 7 Transition support?
Transition support from Norfolk's School and Community Teams (SCT) helps Year 6 pupils move confidently into Year 7. It's a structured programme designed to reduce anxiety and build readiness for secondary school.
How does it work?
SCT provides universal, targeted, and enhanced support. Education and Family Workers collaborate with schools and families to deliver group sessions, workshops, and 1:1 support.
What are the principles? What are the benefits?
The approach is inclusive, proactive, and child-centred. It builds resilience, supports emotional wellbeing, and helps pupils feel confident and prepared for secondary school.
Who and how can this intervention benefit?
It supports Year 6 pupils who:
- Have emerging SEND
- Experience anxiety
- Have had disrupted education
- Need help with confidence or emotional regulation
How can this intervention be used?
It helps with:
- Emotional regulation
- Social confidence
- School engagement
Especially beneficial for CYP with SEND, social communication needs, or low confidence.
How can schools/setting support with transition.
Support for our young people with transition from Key stage 4 to Key stage 5 (post 16) will can come from many directions. This can be from school from those around them at home, and their extended family networks. Our work will include collaborations with other services to ensure that we identify the right support at the right time, whether this is at home, school, during holiday time or during the school year.
Schools will usually have a robust offer for students moving though key stage 4 and into further post 16 study. Key people such as form tutors, Heads of Year and school Careers advisers are usually on hand to give personal advice and support. Additionally, the school will usually offer targeted parents' advice evenings in addition to opportunities to visit or talk to a range of further study providers such as colleges, 6th forms and organisations offering apprenticeships.
How can families support with Transition into post 16 education?
Families can often play a pivotal role in influencing a young person's attitude to transition. Parents that are knowledgeable about the options in their local area and are supportive of the young person's voice can help to reduce the anxiety felt by young people by reducing the unknown and enabling young people to know someone is walking along side them. This can be tough where education may have been historically difficult for a family, or where the young person themselves has individual needs that benefit from more specialised advice. As an education and family worker you can help to reduce or overcome some of these barriers, opening a greater world of increased efficacy and opportunity for the young person. By working with families in addition to their young people, we can help create a sustainable legacy, supporting whole families to access the support they need.
How can you help CYP understand, be ready for and get the most out of transition from KS4 to KS5
The young persons voice is so important. Listening to their ideas and concerns we can often identify transition as a key concern. All young people will have different concerns and ideas, so you expertise in listening, reflecting and supporting using a range of interventions will be necessary.
Where to find more support?
- Just One Norfolk - Transition
- EEF Blog - Supporting Pupils Through Transitions
- Norfolk Schools - Transitions
SCT Transition Offer Includes:
- Universal: SCT at transition events
- Targeted: Group workshops for up to 10 pupils
- Enhanced: 1:1 summer support with autumn follow-up
Key Contacts / How to Refer
- SCT Contact Page
- SEND and Inclusion Advice Line: 0333 313 7165
- SEND Support Line
