5 key steps moving to mainstream

Considering a move

Either you or your child’s special school can suggest a step into mainstream when it is felt your child is ready for a wider educational experience. This plan can be raised at your child’s Annual Review as something that could happen in the future, or you or your child’s school can suggest a transition by raising this outside the Annual Review.

Through these discussions, your child’s special school SENDCo will refer to any relevant assessment information, for example, supported by the Derby Inclusion Tool, to help you make an informed decision about a move to mainstream. Your child's views will also be very important.

In addition, your child’s SEND Officer will offer you more advice about how your child's needs could be best met in a mainstream school.