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The points where children move between phases, EYFS to Key Stage 1, primary to secondary, are where progress is often lost. Curriculum continuity breaks down, expectations shift, and pupils dip. We review how well your transitions and curriculum continuity work, so pupils keep making progress across the join.
Below, we explain what a phase transition review involves, and how it helps you protect progress across the phases.
What Is Phase Transition & Continuity Review?
It’s an independent review of how well pupils move between phases and how continuous your curriculum is across them. We look at the join between key stages, whether the curriculum builds on prior learning, how well expectations align, and how the transition supports pupils and their progress.
We ground it in what strong transition and continuity look like and triangulate curriculum, work, and pupil experience, so you get an honest picture of the join.
Who Is It For?
It’s designed for all education settings: maintained schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts, and all-through settings. Headteachers, curriculum leaders, and phase leaders use it to strengthen transitions within or between schools.
Many schools and trusts ask for it to protect progress across key stages, strengthen primary-to-secondary transition, or improve continuity within an all-through setting.
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What Does It Cover?
We shape the work around your priorities. You can have a broad review or a tight focus. Our most common areas include:
- Curriculum continuity across the phase join
- How well the curriculum builds on prior learning
- Alignment of expectations between phases
- The transition experience for pupils
- How pupil information is shared and used
- Whether pupils dip in progress at transition
- Continuity for pupils with SEND and disadvantage
- How transition supports wellbeing and belonging
How This Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
1
Protect progress across the join
We check whether pupils keep progressing across phases, or dip, so you can close the gap.
2
Strengthen curriculum continuity
We check whether the curriculum builds on prior learning across the phase boundary.
3
Align expectations
We look at whether expectations match across phases, so there’s no jarring shift.
4
Improve the transition experience
We check how well the move supports pupils’ learning, wellbeing, and belonging.
5
Use pupil information well
We check whether information about pupils is shared and actually used across the join.
6
Support vulnerable pupils
We look at continuity for pupils with SEND and disadvantage, who are most at risk at transition.
7
Improve within a trust or all-through
We help trusts and all-through settings strengthen continuity across their phases.
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How It Works
- 1We agree which transition and phases to review with you.
- 2We review curriculum continuity and transition arrangements.
- 3We look at work either side of the join and talk to pupils.
- 4We check how expectations and information align across phases.
- 5We triangulate the evidence for a reliable picture.
- 6We produce a clear report with practical next steps.
What You Get at the End
You receive a clear, practical written report. It includes:
- An honest view of transition and continuity
- Where progress is protected or lost across the join
- How well the curriculum builds across phases
- Practical next steps you can act on straight away
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Key Features of Our Service
Transition expertise
We know where progress is lost at phase boundaries and how to protect it.
Fully triangulated
We combine curriculum, work, and pupil experience.
Flexible focus
Any phase join, within or between schools. We adapt to you.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We know transitions are where progress is often lost and how to protect it. Our review helps you keep pupils progressing across the phases, with every decision staying focused on children.
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Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to one of our experts. We’ll explain how we work, answer your questions, and shape the right approach for your school.
- We agree dates and focus that suit your calendar, in person or online, and confirm everything in writing.
- Contact us today to discuss how we can support your school, academy, trust, and alternative provision.
- We’re ready to help and support you.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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