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TRANSITION PACKS & LEARNER CONTINUITY

Help the Next SettingUnderstand What Matters.

Changing school, moving to college or beginning a new education pathway should not mean rebuilding the learner story from the beginning.

EdiWay helps authorised users prepare a selected transition pack from information already connected to the learner journey.

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  • Strengths.
  • Aspirations.
  • Learning evidence.
  • Progress.
  • Helpful adjustments.
  • Support information.
  • Family views.
  • Learner voice.
  • Professional contributions.
  • All brought together for a specific recipient and purpose.

CONTINUITY, NOT ANOTHER FORM

Carry Useful ContextInto the Next Setting.

Transition information is often spread across reports, emails, documents and different systems. The result can be familiar:

  • Families repeat the same story.
  • Learners explain their needs again.
  • Schools search through old records.
  • Professionals resend reports.
  • Useful adjustments are discovered too late.
EdiWay is designed to make transition more purposeful.

Instead of sending everything held about the learner, authorised users can prepare the information that will help the next setting understand what matters now.

BUILD THE TRANSITION PACK

Choose What Is Useful.Leave Out What Is Not.

A transition pack can bring together selected, reviewed information from appropriate parts of the learner journey. That may include:

Learner Strengths

What does the learner do well?

Aspirations

What matters to them and where do they want to go next?

Learner Voice

What does the learner want the next setting to understand?

Parent and Carer Views

What context does the family believe will help?

Learning Evidence

What selected work or evidence provides useful context?

Assessment and Progress

What reviewed academic information is relevant?

Support Strategies

What approaches or adjustments have helped?

SEND Context

What authorised support information is appropriate to include?

Professional Contributions

What selected professional evidence is relevant?

Preparing for Adulthood

What reviewed independence, employment, community or future-pathway information may help? The transition pack is selected from the wider learner record. It is not automatically the complete learner record.

START WITH STRENGTHS

Show More ThanNeeds and Difficulties.

A useful transition should help the next setting understand the whole learner. EdiWay supports a strengths-led approach that can include:

  • Interests
  • Achievements
  • Talents
  • Learning preferences
  • Communication strengths
  • Relationships
  • Successful strategies
  • Aspirations
  • Independence
  • What motivates the learner
  • What the learner is proud of
Support information matters. So does understanding what helps the learner thrive.

LEARNER VOICE

Let the LearnerHelp Explain Their Own Journey.

Transition is happening to the learner. Their voice should therefore have an appropriate place within it. Depending on age, communication and pathway, the learner may contribute:

What Helps Me Learn

Useful strategies and environments.

What I Find Difficult

Challenges they want the next setting to understand.

What Matters to Me

Interests, priorities and relationships.

My Goals

What they would like to work towards.

What I Want You to Know

Information that can make the next stage easier.

What I Am Proud Of

Achievements and evidence that matter to them. Learner voice remains attributable to the learner. It should not be rewritten as though it were a professional conclusion.

FAMILY CONTINUITY

Reduce the Needto Tell the Same Story Again.

Parents and carers often carry important context between settings. EdiWay can help appropriate family contributions move into a transition conversation in a more organised way. That may include:

Family Views

What does the family want understood?

Strengths

What do they see outside the education setting?

Helpful Approaches

What appears to work well?

Communication

What should the next setting know about communication preferences?

Aspirations

What matters for the learner’s future?

Evidence

What family-held information is appropriate to contribute? Family information keeps its source. It does not silently become school-authored or professionally verified information.

SUPPORT THAT CONTINUES

Remember What Helped.Give the Next Team a Better Starting Point.

Some learners rely on particular approaches, adjustments or support strategies. A transition pack can help make useful reviewed information easier to understand. For example:

Learning Support

Approaches that have supported participation.

Communication

Useful communication strategies.

Sensory Context

Relevant adjustments that have helped.

Routines

Approaches that support predictability or engagement.

Resources

Useful learning or communication resources.

Provision Context

Appropriate information about current support.

Review Evidence

What has been tried and what was observed? This provides context.
It does not automatically instruct the receiving setting what provision it must deliver or determine future SEND decisions.

WHERE CAN A TRANSITION PACK HELP?

One Learner Journey.Different Next Steps.

Transition Packs & Learner Continuity can support different education journeys.

School to School

Prepare selected information for a new school.

Primary to Secondary

Help the next setting understand useful learning and support context.

School to College

Carry relevant progress, aspirations, support and learner voice into post-16 education.

Home Education to School or College

Bring reviewed family-led learning evidence and context into the next conversation.

Alternative Provision

Support continuity between appropriate provision and future education.

EOTAS

Carry selected information where a learner’s education pathway changes.

Specialist to Mainstream or Mainstream to Specialist

Support an appropriate transfer of reviewed learner information.

College, Training or Adulthood

Prepare useful context for the next stage of the learner journey. The information included should always depend on the recipient, purpose and authority to share it.

KEEP THE SOURCE CLEAR

Know Wherethe Information Came From.

A transition pack may contain information contributed by different people. EdiWay can preserve that provenance.

Learner

Learner voice and reflections.

Parent or Carer

Family views and evidence.

Teacher

Teaching and assessment information.

SENCO

Appropriate reviewed SEND information.

Professional

Authorised professional evidence.

Provider

Evidence created within another education setting.

EdiWay AI

A working draft or summary created from permitted source material where enabled. This matters because different information carries different meaning. Connected evidence should not lose its authorship.

REVIEW BEFORE SHARING

Create a SnapshotPeople Can Review.

Transition should not simply expose a live window into everything currently held about a learner. EdiWay's transition model supports the concept of an approved snapshot.

That means authorised users can prepare the relevant information, review it and create a defined transition record for the intended recipient. The snapshot can preserve the information that was approved at that point in time. Later changes to the underlying learner record should not silently rewrite what was previously shared.

SHARE FOR A PURPOSE

Know Who It Is For.Know Why They Need It.

A transition pack can be connected to important sharing context.

Recipient

Who is receiving the information?

Purpose

Why is it being shared?

Learner

Which learner does it concern?

Scope

What information is included?

Approval

Has the pack been reviewed appropriately?

Expiry

How long should access remain available?

Revocation

Can access be withdrawn where the workflow permits?

Access History

Can authorised users understand relevant access activity? This makes a transition pack different from simply downloading the learner record and emailing it elsewhere.

THE RECEIVING SETTING

Give the Next
Team Context.
Let Them Make Their Own Decisions.

A receiving school, college, professional or organisation may use appropriate transition information to support its own planning.

They may need to:

  • Review the learner's strengths
  • Understand previous support
  • Consider evidence
  • Meet the learner and family
  • Complete their own assessment
  • Make their own provision decisions
  • Create their own local records

EdiWay supports the transfer of selected information. It does not make the receiving setting’s professional, placement or statutory decisions.

IMPORT AND CONTINUITY

Continue
the Journey
Without Rewriting History.

Where the supported transition workflow allows it, approved frozen transition information can contribute to a new EdiWay learner context.

The goal is continuity without silently overwriting the receiving setting's own records. Imported information should retain important context about:

  • Where it came from
  • When it was prepared
  • Who it concerned
  • What was selected
  • Why it was shared

The receiving organisation remains responsible for reviewing information before relying on it.

TRANSITION IS NOT SAFEGUARDING TRANSFER

Keep Specialist RecordsInside Specialist Workflows.

A general learner transition pack should not be used as a shortcut for transferring a complete safeguarding chronology. Safeguarding records have stronger sharing, disclosure and authority requirements.

Where safeguarding information needs to transfer, it should use the appropriate controlled safeguarding workflow. The same principle applies to other highly sensitive records.

A transition pack should contain what the recipient needs for the defined transition - not everything EdiWay holds.

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FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD

Let Ownership and AccessChange With the Learner.

Transition does not end at school. As a learner approaches adulthood, their role, relationships and control over information can change.

EdiWay separates:

Transition Pack

A selected snapshot prepared for a particular recipient and purpose.

from:

Adult Learner Record

The controlled continuation of an existing learner record as the person's status and relationships change. A transition pack does not automatically create a permanent lifetime record shared across every future organisation.

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NOT AN UNRESTRICTED DIGITAL PASSPORT

Portable Where Governed.Not Universally Open.

The previous Digital Backpack name suggested a useful idea: relevant learner information should be easier to carry forward. The new Transition Packs & Learner Continuity name is more precise. EdiWay's current direction supports governed transition through selected, approved information.

It should not currently be described as:

  • A universally recognised national learner passport
  • Automatic interoperability with every school or college
  • A permanent lifetime record available everywhere
  • Unrestricted cross-provider data access
  • An automatic government data exchange
  • A replacement for statutory transfer requirements

Broader lifetime and cross-provider portability remains a longer-term direction rather than a blanket current claim.

GOVERNED AI ASSISTANCE

Help Prepare the Pack.Keep People Responsible for What Is Shared.

Where enabled, EdiWay AI may assist authorised users with transition preparation. That may include:

Draft Summaries

Organise permitted selected information.

Strengths Summaries

Bring together reviewed strengths from visible evidence.

Transition Introductions

Prepare a working introduction for the next setting.

Evidence Summaries

Summarise selected authorised evidence.

Learner-Friendly Drafts

Help structure information in more accessible language.

Missing Context

Highlight areas an authorised person may wish to review before completing the pack.

AI-generated content remains a draft.

An authorised human must review what is included before the transition pack is approved or shared.

EdiWay AI does not decide:

  • Placement
  • School suitability
  • SEND status
  • Provision
  • Safeguarding outcomes
  • College admission
  • EOTAS eligibility
  • Professional responsibility
  • What another organisation must accept
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A CONTROLLED TRANSITION WORKFLOW

Select. Review. Approve. Share. Continue.

1. Identify the Transition

Where is the learner moving or what is changing?

2. Identify the Recipient

Who needs the information?

3. Define the Purpose

Why is the information being shared?

4. Select Relevant Information

Choose what will help the next setting.

5. Preserve the Source

Keep authorship and provenance clear.

6. Review the Pack

Check accuracy, relevance and disclosure.

7. Approve the Snapshot

Freeze the selected transition information.

8. Share Through the Governed Route

Provide access to the intended recipient.

9. Review Access

Track, expire or revoke access where appropriate.

10. Continue the Learner Journey

Use the reviewed information as context for the next stage.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Transition Packs & Learner Continuity

What is an EdiWay transition pack?

A transition pack is a selected, reviewed snapshot of learner information prepared for a particular transition, recipient and purpose.

Is it the learner's complete EdiWay record?

No.

A transition pack should contain information selected for the specific transition rather than automatically exposing the learner’s full history.

What information can be included?

Appropriate content may include strengths, aspirations, learner voice, family views, learning evidence, assessment context, support strategies and authorised professional contributions.

Can parents and carers contribute?

Yes, where appropriate.

Family contributions retain their source.

Can the learner contribute?

Yes.

Learner voice can form an important part of the transition.

Can professional evidence be included?

Relevant authorised professional contributions can be selected where appropriate.

Can SEND information be included?

Appropriate reviewed SEND and support information may be included according to permissions and purpose.

The pack does not replace formal SEND or EHC processes.

Does the transition pack include safeguarding history?

Not automatically.

Safeguarding records should use their dedicated controlled transfer and disclosure workflow.

Can access expire?

The transition foundation supports recipient, purpose, expiry and revocation concepts as part of governed sharing.

Can we see whether transition information was accessed?

Access-audit capability forms part of the governed transition foundation, subject to the enabled workflow and current rollout status.

Does EdiWay automatically send information to every new school or college?

No.

Transition sharing requires an appropriate recipient, purpose and authorised workflow.

Does the receiving school have to accept the information?

No.

The receiving organisation remains responsible for its own records, assessment and professional decisions.

Is this the same as a Digital Backpack?

Transition Packs & Learner Continuity replaces the previous Digital Backpack public positioning.

The new name more accurately reflects the governed, purposeful transition model.

Is EdiWay a universal digital learner passport?

No.

EdiWay has a governed school-transition foundation, but unrestricted lifetime portability and automatic interoperability across all providers should not currently be claimed.

Can AI create the transition pack automatically?

AI may assist with permitted drafts and summaries where enabled.

An authorised person remains responsible for reviewing, selecting and approving the information.

CONNECTED WORKFLOWS

Carry ForwardWhat Matters.

Families and Learning Pathways

Keep transitions connected to the learner’s wider education journey.

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Parent and Learner Experience

Include appropriate family and learner voice in transition.

Explore Parent and Learner Experience

Professional Collaboration

Bring selected authorised professional contributions into the transition conversation.

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SEND, Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Connect appropriate reviewed learner-support context while keeping specialist records controlled.

Explore SEND, Safeguarding and Wellbeing

Qualifications, Results and Destinations

Connect academic outcomes and future destinations where relevant.

Explore Qualifications and Destinations

Adult Learner Record

Support controlled continuity as the learner’s ownership and relationships change in adulthood.

Explore Adult Learner Record

CURRENTLY IN LIVE TESTING

Build Better TransitionsWithout Building Another Uncontrolled Record.

EdiWay is undergoing active development and live testing.

The current transition foundation supports the direction of a governed learner-transition snapshot with approved information, recipient, purpose, expiry, revocation, access history and frozen-data continuity.

This goes beyond treating transition as an unrestricted document export.

However, complete runtime assurance, universal receiving-setting workflows and lifetime cross-provider portability remain subject to further development and testing.

EdiWay should therefore be positioned as a learner-continuity platform supporting governed transitions between appropriate settings—not a universal national learner passport or unrestricted lifetime education record.

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  • Learner-Centred
  • Source-Preserved
  • Purposeful Sharing
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