Post-16 Transitions: a Longitudinal Study of Young People with ...

Table 4.8: Most helpful person at the transition meeting
remains clear. Parents/carers were more likely to be involved
in transition planning if the young person:
• had a statement of SEN
• attended a special school
N = %
School Careers Adviser 272 32
Other school staff 223 24
Parents/carers 151 15
Careers Service/Connexions personal
adviser
115 13
SENCO 107 11
Social Worker/Services 16 2
Other 22 2
Total 913 100
Note: All percentages are weighted percentages, unless otherwise stated
Source: IES/MORI 2003
• had sensory and/or physical disabilities, and
• came from a higher socio-economic grouping.
School careers advisers and other school staff were reported to
be the most helpful people at the meeting by over half of all
young people who could recall attending a transition review
meeting (Table 4.8). Parents/carers, Careers Service /
Connexions personnel and SENCOs were all reported to be
the most helpful people at the meeting by at least ten per cent
of young people who had undergone formal transition
planning.
School careers advisers were particularly applauded by young
people without statements of SEN, young people in
mainstream schools and those with behavioural, emotional or
social development needs in relation to how helpful they had
been at the transition review meeting. Young people with
statements of SEN and those who attended special schools
were slightly more likely to cite their parents/carers as the
most helpful person at the transition meeting than those
without statements and who attended mainstream schools.
4.2 Coverage of transition planning
A broad range of issues are addressed as part of the transition
planning phase ranging from how to continue in education to
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