CYP Now - Strengthen transition from primary to secondary school, says government adviser

The government's adviser on pupil behaviour has called for schools to be more supportive of children making the transition from primary to secondary education, in a bid to reduce exclusions.

Speaking at the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) annual conference, Charlie Taylor, author of a government-commissioned review into behaviour, said staff need to be more attuned to the culture change that pupils experience between primary and secondary school.

He said: “You go from a fluffy, one-teacher primary class to a situation where you are asked to be in seven or eight different places in the course of a day, moving around a busy building and being taught by seven or eight teachers.

“The system needs to be more responsive, and the best secondary schools take that on board by teaching year 7 children who are vulnerable, discretely. In those schools the exclusion rates are greatly reduced.

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