Transition
Welcome to Year 7 at Shaftesbury High School
Transition to Shaftesbury
Students transitioning to Shaftesbury High School receive a transition booklet that helps to explain to new students, parents and teachers all about Shaftesbury.
Key elements of the transition process:
Where appropriate, Shaftesbury staff attend Year 6 annual reviews.
Transition meetings are held with other teachers from primary schools.
Visits to all students in their current school and conversations with students and teachers.
Opportunities for students to visit with parents & carers to be shown around the school.
Information about transition timescales is sent to primary schools.
Visits for students to Shaftesbury High School prior to High School Day. Students will have the opportunity to see Year 7 classrooms, attend an assembly and get to know the school and staff.
Some students may require individually tailored programs for transition. This is arranged on an individual basis.
Annual reviews of Looked After Children and students with complex needs are attended where necessary.
High School Day in July, where new Year 7 students spend a full day at Shaftesbury and participate in a number of activities.
Discussion of our expectations for behaviour, equipment and uniform
Parents are invited to meet with the Senior Leadership Team prior to students starting.
Information on new students is transferred to Shaftesbury electronically. In addition, pen portrait information is gathered by Year 7 tutors and this information is then shared with all staff at the beginning of the new school year.
Transition programme
To ensure effective transition and induction, Shaftesbury High School has an extensive transition programme. Transition programmes are in place for every tutor group, and take place throughout the year. We want every student to have a successful journey through school, from their first visit to their final day and far beyond. We plan and collaborate with all our feeder schools and 16-25 partners including work providers. Information, advice and guidance is shared through reviews, parent-carer evenings, family forums and online. Destinations are fully monitored. A member of the leadership team is responsible for arranging the transition.
As part of the Transition process for students coming to us from other schools, we produce a Transition booklet that aims to explain to our new students, their parents and teachers all about Shaftesbury and what life is like here and our expectations of students in terms of behaviour, equipment and uniform.
Learn more about year7 transition from our transition booklet. Link down below.
Transition between key stages at Shaftesbury
For information about student transitions during their time at Shaftesbury please look at our In School Transition document by clicking here.
Support starts towards transitioning from school to college and/or 6th Form.
Reviews highlight the options and support that students will need for the future.
AQA units are introduced as small steps to Entry Level, and to flag up successes.
Taster lessons are provided through an enrichment carousel.
College taster days are provided at the end of Year 10.
Career and options support start in year 9 and continues through career lessons and interviews in Years 9 and 11.
Late entries into school
Students to visit the school with parents & carers individually.
Individual visits to the current school.
Depending on the needs of individual student, a reduced timetable may be introduced for a gradual introduction into the school.
EHCP information for new students is transferred from the previous school.
Parent support from Shaftesbury’s Family Liaison Advisor is available.
Progress is monitored through tracking systems in school.
Students to visit the school with parents & carers individually.
Individual visits to the current school.
Depending on the needs of individual student, a reduced timetable may be introduced for a gradual introduction into the school.
EHCP information for new students is transferred from the previous school.
Parent support from Shaftesbury’s Family Liaison Advisor is available.
Progress is monitored through tracking systems in school.
Our school
shs transition web vid.MOVReception