Transition from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4

For any school teacher, the word ‘transition’ instantly conjures up an image of 11-year-olds looking anxious about their first days of secondary school. This time-honoured rite of passage is, quite correctly, assigned a high priority by schools so as to ensure that the move from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 is as smooth as possible, and that natural anxieties are at least mixed in with a healthy dose of excitement about new challenges.