It is a good idea to visit as many different types of school as possible, so that you can see what is available and decide what features you think are important and which setting can offer the right environment for your needs.
Some students may go into special schools who may be already in mainstream schools. This is ok as these special schools will be able to help you more with your SEN.
Moving into secondary school (Year 7) can feel scary. It’s natural to feel nervous on your first day and you can bet that everyone else will be feeling the same. Watch the video below to see young people talk about their experiences when starting secondary school.
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what kind of thing do you associate with
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worry equity wouldn't you get worried
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about stress and guilt you feel guilty
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did any of you guys kind of feel worried
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at the beginning of yeah yeah but then
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now it's okay no one's worried about
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getting booty but it's fine it's not
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like no I
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I think everyone's in the same boat as
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you something yeah I think that's what
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you think that's when you look forget
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that everyone in your year is also new
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so it's like they've been hearing you're
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suddenly there at first I think it's
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more like everyone's kind of friendly in
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the school so you just really have to
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talk to the person get along with them
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and then you start to slowly becoming
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friends it was like with me my friends
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and then you start to make groups and
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stuff just really cool she whether you
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like the person or not just kind of ask
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them questions ask them the names get
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the personal information and then you
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start to slowly they both ask you
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questions back and then you start to
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become friends with back through them
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but it's different to when when you were
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in year six because obviously in your
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six you do get homework but not as much
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as it year seven cuz you have lots of
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different subjects and not an evening
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that you had in primary school so you
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get a lot more homework but it's not
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that like really a lot it's just and you
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have to be like more organized with
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everything because you it's like me
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because I in primary school is like more
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relaxed in this phase of being different
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and fitting in and being solitude the
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fear of getting bullied not making
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friends and more work
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hello this is a ji Nisa
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reporting from Valentine's high school
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so Jin add tennis is there anything
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holding you back just that it's it's
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into its intimidating that everyone else
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has already found a friend and so
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quickly and I still don't know where I
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fit in and you know like everyone they
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seem to already be like so happy with
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their friends and I don't want to just
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intrude and say all right right she'll
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tell us how do you feel um I'm just kind
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of what they think of me because my
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first impressions are really important
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to me good afternoon this is the 12
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o'clock news and we are going live to
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the playground for an exclusive
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interview hi this is Aisha I'm at the
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playground with Jay Jay is there
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anything need to say to someone who's
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being bullied just just tell someone
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about how you feel now backwards aid and
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the weather yes
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I'm now here with the weather at 12
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o'clock at night in the morning tonight
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there will be very very big storms so I
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suggest everyone close your windows now
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for the sport news Jessica Ennis has
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beaten the world record for jumping over
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the pole thingy and Alex Ferguson has
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finally retired after 55 years
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good afternoon and welcome to what News
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Network what this means today we have an
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exclusive news report about the fear of
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year-seven
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first up we're going to discuss the fear
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of getting lost hi I'm JJ and I'm in the
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playground and I am lost no you're not
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you and the astroturf cheers Etana
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nothing what is it for like to get lost
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in school well obviously it doesn't feel
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good because you're gonna be late to
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your lesson but there are always people
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to support you and tell you where things
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are hmm so what kind of students do when
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they're lost you can always ask your
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teacher they're always all around the
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school if it's like your first weeks
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they'll be fine if you're a bit late to
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your lesson because you lost your way
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Thank You Ratana back to the studio next
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up fear of workloads now correspondent
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in the library tell us Nisha how did you
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feel about the amount of work he'd
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receive in year 7 well I was very
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concerned that I would get so much and I
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would never be able to time myself so
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what would you say to people to put
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their minds at ease
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well I'd say like don't stress out about
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it and there's always people who'd give
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you advice thanks Nisha back to you guys
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in the studio let's talk about this
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week's fake news soon as one of their
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phones during Mass and emojis came to
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life aliens invade the staff room
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although that might just be the teachers
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news just in it Allah is in the canteen
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talking about making friends thank you
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and now here's Maleeha her biggest fear
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was being alone and not having any
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friends in high school can he tell me
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about that I was feeling really scared
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and my affair was actually not to have
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any friends and being alone in the
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corridors and seeing big groups working
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parts and did anyone help you make
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friends and yeah my older sister gave me
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advice to have the confidence in
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yourself and speak up for yourself and
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ask people be alright how are you what's
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your name
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just believe in yourself and is there
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any other ways to make for
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yeah joining clubs is really really good
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one
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thanks and back to the studio one worry
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we all have been going into secondary
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school is being bullied what can people
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do if they're worried about being
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bullied
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well if I were bullied I'd go to a
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teacher or someone I trust and know and
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speak to them well it'd make me feel
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like I'm not alone and that I have
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someone to talk to now that's great
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advice
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who would you speak to first well
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there's a lot of support such as phone
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tutors teachers head teachers there's
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also mentors in the mental room or
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well-being room there's a lot that was a
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wrap for our first special today we've
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been what news network
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what news that means
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