Brooklands School
Information about transition to Secondary School
We understand that the move from Brooklands to secondary school is one of the most important transitions in your child’s education
and as such we are providing some information to support your understanding of the process of identifying and allocating a
secondary placement.
At the Year 4 Annual Review it is important that an initial discussion takes place about secondary school. Even though transition is over two
years away it is vitally important that you begin to consider which secondary provision would be most appropriate for your child. The member
of staff chairing the meeting will offer some information about possible secondary schools within the local authority which you might want to
consider visiting. We strongly recommend that you make arrangements to visit local special schools in year 4 and begin to form an opinion
about which secondary school would be best for your child.
The Year 5 Annual Review is the ‘transition’ review and as such is extremely important in determining the secondary placement for your
child. At the meeting substantial time will be given over to discussions about possible secondary schools. Ideally you should come to the
meeting with a clear idea about the secondary school that you would like your child to attend after they leave Brooklands. The school will
also record its recommendations for secondary placement.
An Educational Psychologist (EP) will attend the review on behalf of the Local Authority (LA) and put forward their professional opinion about
the most appropriate secondary placement to meet your child’s specific needs. The EP will have met the class teacher and observed your
child in class before the annual review.
The views of those attending the transition review will be recorded in the annual review paperwork (the AR011) which the school submit to the
South-East SEN Management Team.
After the Year 5 review your child’s case officer will read the AR011 making a note of your preferred secondary placement. The report will
be passed on to the EP who attended the transition review. They will make a comment about which admission forum your child should go
forward to. Admission forums are multi-professional meetings held in November each year at which year 6 pupils are allocated their
secondary school place.
Soon after your child starts Year 6 you will receive a letter (code 920) informing you that your child will be put forward at the appropriate
admissions forum. There are admission forums for pupils with SLD, ASD and LD. Your child will be allocated a secondary school placement
at one of the forums. The LA will inform you of the decision about where your child will be placed for their secondary education by December
3rd.
So by that date you will know where your child is going to go for their secondary education. Hopefully it is your preferred choice. If it is not
your preferred choice then you will have the right of appeal. Information about how you can pursue the right of appeal will be provided in the
920 letter.
Your child’s Statement of SEN must be updated by February 15th. A statement writer will complete this using the AR011 and reports
submitted as part of the annual review meetings in Year 5 (and Year 6, if available).
The new Education, Health and Care Plans which are being phased in to replace statements over the next four years will also need to be
updated by this date.
Timeline
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Initial discussion takes place at annual
review about secondary school
We strongly recommend that you make
arrangements to visit local special
schools in year 4 and begin to form an
opinion about which secondary school
would be best for your child
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Year 4
At the annual review substantial time
will be given over to discussions about
possible secondary schools
The school will also record its
recommendations for secondary
placement in the annual review
paperwork (AR011)
An Educational Psychologist (EP) will
attend the annual review on behalf of
the Local Authority (LA) and put forward
their professional opinion about the
most appropriate secondary placement
to meet your child’s specific needs.
All views of those attending the annual
review will be submitted to the LA
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Your child will be allocated a secondary
school placement at one of the
admissions forums
Transition meetings will subsequently
be arranged when a placement has
been confirmed
Your child’s Statement of SEN / EHCP
must be updated by February 15th
Year 5
If you have any questions, queries or concerns regarding this information please contact the school or alternatively:
Ann Greenhead
Lead Case Officer
South-East SEN Management
Consort House
5-7 Queensway
Redhill
RH1 1YB
01737 737990
ann.greenhead@surreycc.gov.uk
Year 6