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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:

  • Parents feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or ill-informed

  • Increased workload for staff dealing with queries and concerns

  • Misunderstandings and unrealistic expectations

 

Ofsted’s framework expects schools to show how they:

  • Prepare pupils for key transitions

  • Support personal development and communication between stakeholders

  • 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.

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Three core modules cover:

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

  • Nearly 20 years as a teacher, head of department and senior leader in charge of curriculum.

  • Former Head of Curriculum and Assessment Innovation at an all-through school - giving an overview of a child's entire educational journey

  • 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.

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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).

I throughly enjoyed Joe's course! It made me feel much more confident as a I went through the school system with my child.

George, East London

🎁 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

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📦 What’s Included

  • Full access to the course for all incoming families

  • Optional PDF guides and reminders for schools to embed in parent comms

  • Technical support and onboarding materials

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ALL FOR £1000-£3500 (DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL/MAT/REGION)!

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