Help Your Parents: Support a Smooth Transition to School
Reduce staff workload • Improve parent relationships • Support better outcomes
The Problem: Transition to School Is a Critical Flashpoint
Moving into primary or secondary school is a big step—for both students and their families. But for schools, it can also mean:
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Parents feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or ill-informed
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Increased workload for staff dealing with queries and concerns
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Misunderstandings and unrealistic expectations
Ofsted’s framework expects schools to show how they:
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Prepare pupils for key transitions
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Support personal development and communication between stakeholders
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Ensure curriculum coherence from Key Stage 2 to 3
The Key Stage 3: The Wasted Years report (2015) flagged weak transition planning and a lack of continuity as serious concerns. Schools need strategies to better engage parents from the outset—yet many don’t have the capacity.
✅ The Solution: A Ready-Made Online Course for Parents
Our parent-focused transition course gives families the insight and confidence they need—while saving your staff time and effort.
Three core modules cover:
Understand
The school system, the assessment processes, staff roles, school structures and curriculum basics. Plus an understanding of the realities of schools and the inevitable trade-offs.
Navigate
How to navigate common challenges parents face - the root causes of these problems and how to work with schools effectively. Pre-emptively solving the majority of issues!
Explore
How to become really effective partners in a child's education, how to approach schools to effectively solve problems and how parents can support at home to make effective learners.
Parents complete the course online, at their own pace. It’s designed to be accessible, jargon-free, and applicable to all contexts.
🎯 Why It Works for Schools
✅ Reduces friction and saves time – fewer queries and complaints
✅ Strengthens home-school partnerships – informed parents are more collaborative
✅ Improves outcomes – confident, well-supported pupils engage better
✅ Aligns with Ofsted expectations – shows a proactive, structured approach to transition
✅ Meets KS3 Report recommendations – better communication and early support for parents
Why Work With Me?
My name is Joe Pardoe
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Nearly 20 years as a teacher, head of department and senior leader in charge of curriculum.
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Former Head of Curriculum and Assessment Innovation at an all-through school - giving an overview of a child's entire educational journey
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Founder of School Compass - a project to help parents navigate the school system with confidence. Over the last few years, I have worked with hundreds of parents, teachers and school leaders to shape the content of my courses.
Who is this for?
Local Authorites
Local Authorities who wish to offer a comprehensive course to all parents in a local area - a way of improving relations with school, improving outcomes and reducing friction for ALL families.
Multi-Academy Trusts
MATs who have a strategic agenda to work with their parent community more effectively. These courses can be offered to all new parents free of charge - as an independent, objective service, it is trusted by parents.
School / Leaders
Individual schools or leaders who want to improve the relationships and school-readiness of their new parent community. Primary leaders may also want to offer this to departing parents as one way of 'preparing for the transition to secondary school' (Ofsted).
🎁 Pilot Offer: We’re Partnering with 10 Schools This Year
We’re currently inviting 10 schools to pilot the course with their incoming parents.
As a pilot school, you’ll receive:
✔️ Discounted access for the first year
✔️ A chance to feed into the development of the content
✔️ Optional feedback loops to evaluate impact
✔️ Inclusion in a case study report demonstrating how parent education improves transition
📦 What’s Included
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Full access to the course for all incoming families
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Optional PDF guides and reminders for schools to embed in parent comms
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Technical support and onboarding materials
ALL FOR £1000-£3500 (DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL/MAT/REGION)!