Supporting smooth transitions

HFL Education has been commissioned by Hertfordshire County Council to undertake a Transition Project to review and develop transition processes for children aged between 3 and 5 years across Hertfordshire. 

Some children may need particular help, including from other agencies, to ensure that their transition is as smooth as possible. Research suggests that transitions are central to young children’s development and emotional wellbeing. How the first transitions are handled can have a significant impact on a child’s capacity to cope with change in the short and long term and impact on the progress they make from their starting points.

The transition project aims to:

• build on current good practice and encourage consistency across Hertfordshire
• develop a pathway which will help schools receive pertinent information about a child’s level of need
• identify schools with cohorts that have high levels of need
• provide advisory and, where relevant, specialist support for schools that have cohorts with high levels of need
• provide professional development opportunities and contact with specialist professionals that can offer advice with cohort needs.

The project is designed to further improve the early identification and support for all children, particularly those with potential barriers to learning. 

For further information please send your query to eytransition@hfleducation.org

Supporting smooth transitions toolkit

The toolkit supports practitioners, children and their families with the transition process, from pre-school into the nursery/reception setting. The toolkit has 3 different sections which are available to download from the Supporting Smooth Transitions section on the HFL Education website: 

Supporting smooth transitions toolkit: to download Ready Schools; Ready Families or Ready Child. 

For further information please send your query to eytransition@hfleducation.org