Safeguarding in Education - The Transition Toolkit
Following consultation with DSL/Ds and Headteachers the Education sub-group of the Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP) developed a toolkit for DSL/Ds to share and transfer information and responsibility for learners in Sheffield as early as possible when they move between settings. This toolkit is based on and develops existing good practice from across the city and education phases. It was launched in March 2023 and has been fully updated for use from January 2026.
Aims:
- To improve the sharing and transfer of information and responsibility of safeguarding and related information between settings at the earliest point possible in the transition process.
- To promote the use of shared systems, language & understanding around the identification and classification of safeguarding concerns and specific indicators of a child or young person’s vulnerability.
- To bring together and share existing good practice from across the sector and city.
We recommend that you start by reading the Guidance document for the transition toolkit: The transition toolkit - Guidance and choose which scenario in the transition toolkit - Instruction infographics best suits your situation. Follow the steps for your chosen scenario.
The guidance document will take you through the purpose and use of the rest of the toolkit documents. The rest of the transition toolkit is made up of:
The transition toolkit - Parent / Carer / family leaflet
The Transition toolkit - Student Leaflet
The transition toolkit - SCSP endorsement / assurance letter
The transition toolkit - The spreadsheet
The transition toolkit - DSL conversations template
The transition toolkit - Information sharing template
The transition toolkit - Early Years transition form and guidance
Once you have viewed the toolkit documents and considered how they might be used by your setting please complete this feedback form to let us know your thoughts and plans: Transition toolkit feedback form
Once education settings across the city have signed up to use the transition toolkit a list will be published here of who is using it - so that all settings can easily know who is using it. So far the following settings are using the toolkit:
- Brigantia Learning Trust
- Chorus Education Trust
- INOVA Multi-Academy Trust - including Tapton School Sixth Form
- Longley Park Sixth Form
- Parkwood Academy
- Pipworth Primary School
- Phillimore Primary School
- Sheffield Park Academy
- South East Sheffield Education Trust
- The Sheffield College
If you need further support, have any questions about using the toolkit or want to discuss how we can support rolling out use of the toolkit in your setting, family of schools, locality or other grouping you can contact the Safeguarding Children Advisor for your setting or one of the DSLs who developed the toolkit:
Emily.Pickles@sheffield.gov.uk: 07554 582 917
Nicholas.Godfrey@sheffield.gov.uk: 07799 656 343
Jane.Walker@sheffield.gov.uk: 07815 966 791
Bliss.Holland@sheffield.gov.uk: 0791 837 8014
These people are listed by the education phase they represent, with those across school phases listed first:
Katie Anderson : kanderson@chorustrust.org
Gary Smith : gsmith@nexusmat.org
Maria Jackson-Brown : mariajackson-brown@pipworth-cps.sheffield.sch.uk
Rebecca Sutton : r.sutton@sset.education
Kelly Mills :kelly.mills@sheffieldparkacademy.org
Ellena Street : ellena.street@sheffcol.ac.uk
Yasmin Celik : ycelik@brigantiatrust.net