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Transition advice

The transfer from primary to secondary school can be one of the most difficult times for families and children.

Finding a suitable secondary school place which suits all your own and your child's needs is of critical importance.

Therefore, transition advice tries to ensure parents and carers make fully-informed decisions about which schools to apply for their child's secondary education.

As part of this Government programme we have Transition Advisors who can provide you with free, impartial and up-to-date advice in this area.

This will ensure you receive all the relevant information to help you make an informed decision about which schools you may apply for your child's secondary school place.

However, our Transition Advisors will not make decisions for you and cannot guarantee a child's place at a preferred school.

Our Transition Advisors hold a number of sessions for parents and carers at various venues throughout the year alongside one-to-one sessions as appropriate.

At these sessions they will provide you with information on the following topics:

  • School admissions policies and over-subscription criteria
  • Admissions data
  • Performance and value-added data
  • School Ofsted reports
  • School profiles - Including details on their ethos and special facilities among other subjects
  • Special needs and disability policy and provision
  • School curriculum - Including details on any school's areas of speciality
  • School term dates and start and finish times
  • Transport details
  • Uniform policies
  • School charging policies

For further information on Transition Advisors please visit the Choice Advisers website.

For further information on the admissions process please download our Transfer to Secondary School in North Somerset 2009-10 guide.

Alternatively, please contact our Children and Young People's Information Service (CIS) on 01275 888 778.