Two junior schools in Brighton and Hove are preparing Year 6 pupils for transfer to secondary school. This video for primary headteachers and teachers follows their transition preparations.
One school works hard at ensuring the children make friends easily, while the other works with a speech and language therapist to help the children with self-esteem and communication skills. The children represent a wide cross-section of pupils, including those on the gifted-and-talented register as well as those with special educational needs (SEN).
The wishes and anxieties of parents are also addressed by educational experts Professor Barbara McGilchrist from the Institute of Education and Professor Maurice Galton of the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University.
