- Title or Description
- Transitions Policy
- FOI Number
- 2024467
- Date Received
- 29/04/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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1. Do you have a transitions policy for children and young people transitioning within education? a. Is your transitions policy one policy for all transitions (i.e. home to early learning and childcare (ELC), ELC to primary school, primary school to secondary school, secondary school onwards)? b. Can you send me a copy of all of your transitions policy or your one policy or point me to where I will find it. c. Who is your transitions policy for? (i.e. education staff, children, or parents/ families, all, someone else?) (apply to all policies if there is more than one). d. Who was involved in the creation of the transitions policy? (apply to all policies if there is more than one). e. When was the transition policy last reviewed? (apply to all policies if there is more than one). f. What process is in place for reviewing / evaluating the success and/ or impact of transitions using the policy? (apply to all policies if there is more than one). 2. What percentage of primary schools in your authority currently offer play-based learning in a) P1 b) P2 c) P3 d) P4
3. Do you have a local authority play-based learning policy? a) Can you send me a copy of this? b) Are staff trained on play based learning in schools in your authority? c) What training do they receive? d) What percentage of staff have currently received this training (if training is available)?
4. What percentage of primary schools in your authority currently offer outdoor play and learning? a) P1 b) P2 c) P3 d) P4
5. What percentage of primary schools in your authority currently implement National Standardised Assessments for Scotland in P1? x
6. What is the percentage of primary one pupils who started school at age 4yrs old over the last 5yrs?
7. What percentage of primary one pupils deferred have deferred school start over the last 5yrs for a) Children born in January and February b) Children born August to December
8. What percentage of pupils are currently home educated in your authority? a) Primary school pupils b) Secondary school pupils
9. What is the current criteria/ policy for a child or young person to access a school nurse in your authority (please send me a copy of the policy)? a) In primary school s mainstream b) In secondary school s mainstream c) In primary special needs schools d) In secondary special needs schools
10. What percentage of schools currently have a school nurse based in them permanently for? a) Primary school mainstream b) Primary school special needs c) Secondary school mainstream d) Secondary school mainstream e) Schools that are one building for primary and secondary mainstream f) Schools that are one building for primary and secondary special needs
11. What information is available currently to children, parents, and families on how to access a school nurse a) In primary schools mainstream b) In secondary school s mainstream c) In primary special needs schools d) In secondary special needs schools - Response
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1. Do you have a transitions policy for children and young people transitioning within education? Draft ELC 4 to P1 transition agreement in place, not yet an SBC policy.
a. Is your transitions policy one policy for all transitions (i.e. home to early learning and childcare (ELC), ELC to primary school, primary school to secondary school, secondary school onwards)? )? Draft transition agreement for ELC 4 to p1.
b. Can you send me a copy of all of your transitions policy or your one policy or point me to where I will find it. No not yet a policy.
c. Who is your transitions policy for? (i.e. education staff, children, or parents/ families, all, someone else?) (apply to all policies if there is more than one). Draft transition agreement for education staff at this stage.
d. Who was involved in the creation of the transitions policy? (apply to all policies if there is more than one). ELC 4 to P1 draft transition agreement created by local authority ELC and school staff, private and voluntary funded setting practitioners and managers and funded childminders as well as local authority officers.
e. When was the transition policy last reviewed? (apply to all policies if there is more than one). ELC 4 to P1 draft transition agreement developed April 2023.
f. What process is in place for reviewing / evaluating the success and/ or impact of transitions using the policy? (apply to all policies if there is more than one). 2023-24 is year of trailing it. Consultation with education staff to review it will take place in September 2024. Recommendations will be made and one may be to adopt it as policy.
2. What percentage of primary schools in your authority currently offer play-based learning in
a) P1 100%
b) P2 100%
c) P3 100%
d) P4 100%
3. Do you have a local authority play-based learning policy? No this is part of a programme of planned work around play pedagogy however in our authority.
a) Can you send me a copy of this? No policy in place at this time.
b) Are staff trained on play based learning in schools in your authority? No.
c) What training do they receive? No formal training.
d) What percentage of staff have currently received this training (if training is available)? N/A
4. What percentage of primary schools in your authority currently offer outdoor play and learning?
a) P1 100%
b) P2 100%
c) P3 100%
d) P4 100%
5. What percentage of primary schools in your authority currently implement National Standardised Assessments for Scotland in P1? 100%
6. What is the percentage of primary one pupils who started school at age 4yrs old over the last 5yrs?
Age on 'Admission Start' Date
2 3 4 5 6 7
Session Year Number of pupils % of Pupils Number of pupils % of Pupils Number of pupils % of Pupils Number of pupils % of Pupils Number of pupils % of Pupils Number of pupils % of Pupils
2019 0.00% 1 0.09% 277 24.66% 713 63.49% 132 11.76% 0.00%
2020 0.00% 5 0.47% 453 43.02% 585 55.56% 9 0.86% 1 0.09%
2021 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 371 33.54% 721 65.18% 12 1.09% 0.00%
2022 0.00% 0.00% 397 36.18% 692 63.08% 8 0.73% 0.00%
2023 2 0.19% 7 0.66% 360 34.04% 682 64.44% 7 0.67% 0.00%
Grand Total 3 0.06% 14 0.26% 1858 34.29% 3393 62.48% 168 2.89% 1 0.02%
7. What percentage of primary one pupils deferred have deferred school start over the last 5yrs for
a) Children born in January and February
b) Children born August to December
A) Jan + Feb DOB B) Aug - Dec DOB Total
2019/20 65 16 81
2020/21 108 24 132
2021/22 98 43 141
2022/23 83 54 137
2023/24 107 79 186
8. What percentage of pupils are currently home educated in your authority?
a) Primary school pupils - 0.8% of Primary pupils Hone Educated.
b) Secondary school pupils 1.13% of Secondary Pupils Home Educated.
9. What is the current criteria/ policy for a child or young person to access a school nurse in your authority (please send me a copy of the policy)?
Transforming nursing, midwifery and health professions roles: the school nursing role in integrated community nursing teams - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
a) In primary school s mainstream
by referral self/parent/professional
b) In secondary school s mainstream
by referral self/parent/professional
c) In primary special needs schools
by referral self/parent/professional
d) In secondary special needs schools
by referral self/parent/professional
10. What percentage of schools currently have a school nurse based in them permanently for?
a) Primary school mainstream - 0
b) Primary school special needs - 0
c) Secondary school mainstream 1
d) Secondary school mainstream - 1
e) Schools that are one building for primary and secondary mainstream - 0
f) Schools that are one building for primary and secondary special needs - 0
11. What information is available currently to children, parents, and families on how to access a school nurse
a) In primary schools mainstream - information shared by Health Visitor, transition events, school staff and communications from NHS to council.
b) In secondary school s mainstream - via pastoral staff, poster with contact details in schools transition events.
c) In primary special needs schools- information shared by Health Visitor, transition events, school staff and communications from NHS to council.
d) In secondary special needs schools N/A
