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Transition from primary to secondary school - impact on mental health

Ruth Tarrant

7th December 2015

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Over the summer, researchers at the University of Cambridge published the findings of a study that they had carried out on the impact of the transition from primary school to secondary school on the mental heath of Year 7 learners. They found that whilst these 11/12 year olds reported consistent wellbeing outside of the school environment, their reports of wellbeing in school declined over the course of the academic year. Schools, they found, generally did a really effective job in the first half-term or term of helping youngsters with the move, but that the additional support and allowances for "transition" petered out after Christmas.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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