Care and support

Responsibility for Transition Planning

The headteacher or a designated teacher will arrange the review and will invite all those people currently involved with the young person. This will include:

• the young person
• the young person's parents/carers
• key members of teaching staff
• a Children, Schools and Families representative

The headteacher or designated teacher will also invite any other person who can provide information about the potential needs of the young person. Where there are health issues, they must seek information and advice from the appropriate health care professionals, for example:

• school nurse
• GP
• community nurse
• physiotherapist
• speech therapist

It may also be appropriate to invite foster carers, shared carers and staff supporting the young person in respite units.

The headteacher or designated teacher must invite a Personal Advisor (PA) from the Connexions Service and they must attend in year 9, and will attend other important reviews in following years.

You can request that other people are invited by contacting your child's school.