You will choose your GCSE subjects at school.

You may want to start thinking about post-16 options

You can talk to your teachers about work placements, work experience and volunteering

You can talk to school and ask how they can help you develop some key life skills such as travel, budgeting, cooking and housekeeping.

You may want to think about independent travel training

You may want to start thinking about where you might want to live as an adult.

You may wish to join a youth club to find friends.

Think about your friends and the important people in your community, such as your neighbours

Young people with learning disabilities are able to have an annual health check - you can talk to your GP about this if your are not sure

Annual reviews from Year 9 onwards must have a focus on preparing for adulthood

Your views and your families views must be included

You may need support in exams, such as a reader, a scribe or additional time. These are called access arrangements. You can talk to your teachers about this

You may want to begin visiting post-16 options, such as colleges, supported internships and training providers

You may wish to start doing more to develop your life skills, such as buying small things from the local shop for yourself or your family

You may want to start helping out with small jobs around the house such as cooking tea for your family.

Think about what is important to you about friends/social life in the future and how this might be achieved.

Think about how your existing friendships can be kept and developed.

If you have a learning disability, you can get an annual health check - speak to your GP about this if your are unsure

If you have a long-term health condition, make sire you have started the Ready, Steady, Go questionnaires with the NHS. This helps you transition to adult services

Annual reviews from Year 9 onwards must have a focus on preparing for adulthood.

If you think you are going to leave your current school at the end of Year 11, think about what help you need to move to your next setting.

SENDSARS will ask for your post-16 choices in the summer term of Year 10 and the autumn term of Year 11

Apply for a sixth form or college place - your school can help you with this

Look at work experience you have already completed and plan further experience if needed

Once you turn 16, it will be assumed that you can make decisions for yourself. This includes decisions around education, health and benefits.

Think about how to maintain your friendship groups after school ends. Plan how to keep in touch with others and vice versa.

Once you turn 16, you are considered old enough to make decisions about your own medical treatment. You can still ask your family for support with this if you need it.

From 16, adult services start to provide healthcare for you. This depends on the service, so seek advice from the team. 

The local authority must issue an amended EHC Plan naming your post-16 setting by 31 March.  Applications need to be made in good time before this date.

When you turn 16, some rights around EHC plans transfer from your parents to you. 

Consider applying for a 16-19 bursary to help with education costs. Ask your post-16 provider for more information.  

Continue to look at your options, such as supported employment, apprenticeships, paid work, higher education and volunteering

You might want to think about independent travel training.  This is to help you travel from home to college on your own. 

Look at any out-of-school/college activities you want to do. This may include time spent away from home and the local area. 

You may need a continuing health care (adults) assessment.  Health professionals involved should consider if this is appropriate.  They will agree who is best placed to complete it.

Fill in Sheffield’s Health Passport which provides key information for health professionals. 

If you need support in the future from adult social care, you should be referred to the Transitions social care teams. 

If you need SEN Transport to get to your post-16 setting, you will need to re-apply each year.