Form and content of Transition Plans

6.—(1) Governing bodies of secondary schools and their feeder primary schools must jointly draw up a single Transition Plan for those schools.

(2) A single Transition Plan may contain provision for any one or more feeder primary schools which is different from the provision for the other feeder primary school or schools.

(3) A Transition Plan must—

(a)be in writing,

(b)briefly explain the purpose of a Transition Plan,

(c)state that it was jointly drawn up by the governing body of the secondary school concerned and the governing bodies of its feeder primary schools,

(d)state the names of the secondary school and its feeder primary schools,

(e)state the first pupil cohort to which it applies by reference to the school year at the beginning of which those first pupils moved up to year 6 in their primary school,

(f)state the date on which it was published, and

(g)deal with the matters specified in the Schedule.