SHS in the Media: Supporting children and parents through primary school transition
News article from January 11, 2017
As the deadline for primary school applications draws near, our Delivery Officer, Catrin Doe, was published on SSAT suggesting numerous ways in which schools can help ease the transition. She begins:
“In May 2016, school leaders service The Key released their annual State of Education report. One of their findings grabbed headlines. After surveying 1,188 primary school leaders, they found that 31% agreed more than half of pupils are not “ready for school” when they make the transition into primary.
Over 50% of the primary school leaders surveyed said that children were under-prepared, arriving with reading, writing and numerical levels below the standard they would expect. They were also displaying poor resilience, social skills and personal hygiene.
Clearly, this is a significant problem. But how to target pupils before they’ve even began school? In 2003, Professor Charles Desforges at the University of Exeter published a paper on parental involvement. He found that parental involvement in the form of ‘at-home good parenting’ has a significant positive effect on children’s achievement and adjustment, even after all other factors shaping attainment have been taken out of the equation.”
You can read the full article here: https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/supporting-transition-into-primary-school/