Mr Khan’s Transition Toolkit

The Transition Toolkit

Moving up a year group and Year 6 to Year 7, for EYFS to Year 6

New class. New teacher. No worries.

Every September, children walk into a new room, with a new teacher, and wonder whether it will be all right. This toolkit helps you make sure it is. It covers both kinds of transition: moving up a year group inside your school, and the big move from Year 6 to Year 7.

What's inside

Part 1: Moving up a year group

• Transition on one page: ten golden rules
• Why transition matters: what children really worry about, and what helps
• The summer-term timeline: what to do, and when
• The handover: what to pass on, what not to, and how to handle safeguarding information properly
• The handover meeting: a simple structure and the questions to ask the previous teacher
• Transition day: ten activities for EYFS to Year 6
• Children who find change hard: extra visits, transition books, social stories and key adults
• The big moves inside primary: starting Reception, Reception to Year 1, and infants to juniors
• Families and the first weeks: building trust from day one

Part 2: Year 6 to Year 7

• A month-by-month calendar, with the key national dates checked against official guidance
• Passing information to secondary: the common transfer file, SEND information and writing a useful transition profile
• Worries about secondary: what pupils say, and honest answers you can give
• Skills for secondary: timetables, organisation, travel and staying safe online
• Vulnerable pupils: enhanced transition for pupils with SEND, looked-after children and more
• Ending Year 6 well: goodbyes, celebrations and mixed feelings

14 printables: pupil handover sheet, class handover overview, two 'All about me' sheets (Years 3 to 6, and EYFS to Year 2), hopes and worries, letter to my new teacher, welcome letter to families, transition day planner, Year 6 transition profile, 'Am I ready for secondary?' checklist, a timetable-reading activity with answers, questions for my new school, a one-page family guide to Year 7, and a Year 6 memories page.

Who it's for

• Class teachers handing over or welcoming a class
• Year 6 teachers preparing pupils for secondary school
• SENCOs and senior leaders planning transition across the school
• ECTs doing their first handover

Works from EYFS to Year 6. Written by a working primary teacher for schools in England.

What you get

• An instant download of a 33-page PDF
• An editable Word file, so you can adapt every letter, sheet and profile

Best used: from May onwards for handovers and transition days, and all year for Year 6.

Hand over well. Start September calm.

Please note: national dates and requirements are a summary. Always check the latest guidance, your school's policies and your local authority's arrangements. Licensed for use by the buyer. Please don't share, upload or resell any part of it.