Pupils in Transition -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction: principles and issues -- Overview -- Principles -- Pupils and parents in transition -- Curriculum continuity and progression -- Transfer of information and liaison between schools, teachers and parents -- What is happening in your school? -- Collaborative networks for continuity -- 2 Pupils and parents in transition -- Choosing a new school -- Going to 'big school' -- The parents -- Summary -- 3 Curriculum continuity and progression -- Introduction: the pursuit of continuity -- Confounding continuity -- 'Fresh start' or 'follow-on' -- Variable progression -- Summary -- 4 Continuity and progression in the core subjects -- Introduction -- Continuity and progression in English -- Continuity and progression in mathematics -- Continuity and progression in science -- Summary -- 5 Transfer of information -- Information on pupils -- Transfer of information -- Types of information -- Electronic transfer of information -- The use of transfer information -- Summary -- 6 Liaison between schools, teachers and parents -- Liaison -- Liaison with pupils -- Liaison with parents -- Professional liaison -- Choosing the liaison teacher -- Summary -- 7 What is happening in your school? -- Introduction -- Planning for an audit -- The audit context -- The audit content -- The audit strategy -- The auditors -- Summary -- 8 Collaborative networks for continuity -- Introduction -- Managing a collaborative network -- Establishing working teams -- Meetings to initiate collaboration -- Underpinning collaborative arrangements -- A calendar for action -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index.