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Investigating the characteristics of children in years 5/6 at moderate, high and very high risk of exclusion upon transition to secondary school as reported by SENCOs in the City of Sunderland.

Martin-Denham, Sarah and Scott, Nathan (2023) Investigating the characteristics of children in years 5/6 at moderate, high and very high risk of exclusion upon transition to secondary school as reported by SENCOs in the City of Sunderland. University of Sunderland.

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Abstract

A Microsoft Office survey was circulated to Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) and teachers in 97 junior and primary schools in the City of Sunderland. The study sought to investigate the characteristics of children in years 5/6 at moderate, high and very high risk of exclusion as reported by SENCOs and to determine their characteristics and educational support needs. Fifteen of the schools completed the survey (15%), the findings of which suggest that a scale helps identify the children at risk of exclusion from school. The SENCOs principally found that the criteria from the measure were characteristics that applied to their at-risk pupils. However, this was different for the school attendance criteria, a characteristic SENCOs overwhelmingly found non-applicable to their pupils. The SENCOs shared concerns regarding the children’s transition to secondary school, including their ability to build relationships with teachers and other children, coping with the transition from a primary to secondary school environment, meeting behaviour expectations, adhering to rules and complying with sanctions, and dealing with the heightened stress brought by curriculum demands and teaching methods due to learning difficulties and disabilities.

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Depositing User: Sarah Martin-Denham

Identifiers

Item ID: 16231
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/16231

Users with ORCIDS

ORCID for Sarah Martin-Denham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4028-4197
ORCID for Nathan Scott: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-6972

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Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2023 13:08
Last Modified: 11 Jul 2023 08:00

Contributors

Author: Sarah Martin-Denham ORCID iD
Author: Nathan Scott ORCID iD

University Divisions

Faculty of Education and Society > School of Education

Subjects

Education > Primary Education
Education > Educational Research

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