ABSTRACT
In this final chapter we look at ways schools and teachers can construct a collaborative network to facilitate the transfer of pupils across the Key Stage 2/3 interface. The first step in developing such a collaboration is for the potential partners to meet and agree a common purpose. They must then set about establishing the means to achieving it. Invariably the process will involve negotiation between partners, some of whom may be coming together for the first time. In this latter instance, the initial phase will therefore present opportunities for exploring each other’s views and seeking to establish shared meanings and procedures in relation to the transition. While a collaborative approach to transition might begin, and indeed flourish, at the level of one or two teachers in neighbouring schools, we would argue that the long-term future of a collaboration will require management backing and leadership, and it is this issue that we examine first.
