Nursery World - Leeds Beckett to partner with European-wide project to look at the transition to school

A programme for parents to support their children during the transition from pre-school to primary school is being developed by education and psychology experts at Leeds Beckett University in collaboration with organisations across Europe.

The programme will look at how practitioners and parents can support children's move from early years settings to starting primary school

With evidence showing that poor transitions at this early stage can continue to affect children throughout their education, the research team aims to find out what support parents feel they need along with how primary school teachers and early years educators can help them.

They then plan to develop a bank of resources for parents accompanied by training materials for practitioners.

The team is led by the Prevention and Early Intervention Network (PEIN) in the Republic of Ireland, with Leeds Beckett University in England, the Marie Curie Association in Bulgaria and the European Parents’ Association based in Belgium.

Dr Susan Atkinson, senior lecturer in the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University, said that there are currently significant differences in approaches to transition taken by pre-schools and primary schools.

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