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This book aims to help schools make the transition between primary and secondary school as smooth as possible for students.

It gives practical examples of how primary and secondary schools can combine efforts to ensure students have an easy transition between years 6 and 7.

It advocates several different approaches to facilitating this from "soft federations" between schools to the "all-through three to 18 solution".

The book looks at placing the transferring students at the centre of their learning and provides guidance on what is needed to arrange activities between schools, which the author feels is necessary during transition.

There is a range of ideas including short-term activities for primary and secondary pupils to take part in together, and longer projects that allow students from both schools to develop a working relationship.

Projects that aim to give the student ideas about the role of an educator, and development tasks for building relationships between the leaders of schools are also included.

The book has received praise from a range of practitioners, including Dr John Dunford, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, and Jo Edwards, the headteacher of Moorside Community Primary School.