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Evaluation of Pilots to Improve Primary to Secondary School Transitions

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We evaluated three pilot education initiatives in North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire and Glasgow City to ease the transition between primary and secondary schools. One pilot had a particular focus on literacy, one on numeracy and the third was a whole school pilot for vulnerable children in an area of social deprivation. The research was focussed primarily on academic and curricular transition but also sought to understand the pastoral and emotional transition. We had to compare and contrast different approaches in order to evaluate what works best and in what circumstances. We achieved this through extensive secondary data analysis using anonymised pupil records and other school and local authority data; through interviews and focus groups with teachers, parents, pupils and local authority representatives.