Deborah McGettigan

"Everyone remembers their first day at school". Exploring the use of phased starts as a primary school transition practice for pupils in Northern Ireland.

Transition to formal schooling is a significant milestone in children’s lives. Effective management of this is important as successful transitions are a stable predictor of later school success (Rimm-Kaufmann & Pianta, 2000). Northern Ireland (NI) has one of the lowest compulsory...