The transition to secondary school is a major life event for 11-year-old children in the UK. With a larger school environment comes greater social challenges. New pupils have to make new friends as ...

The transition from primary to secondary school is a critical period in a young person’s educational journey, marked by substantial shifts in academic expectations, social dynamics and emotional ...

Differences in culture and organisation between primary and secondary schools add to pupils‘ fear and uncertainty as they transfer.There is a need to pay particular attention to the social, emotional, ...

The number of children experiencing poor emotional wellbeing during their transition from primary to secondary school is rising rapidly, a leading educational psychology expert has warned. Drawing on ...

An accessible new booklet written by four enterprising pupils offers insights and tips on how to negotiate the transition from sixth class to first year A wide shot of female and male teenagers ...

My son is in Primary Six and is getting stressed about moving to secondary school. He already struggles to organise himself, and he's worried about having to go to lots of different classes and having ...

One of the key points at which secondary school peer groups are formed is in the transition from primary to secondary school. The research analyses the implications of these flows for the composition ...