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Here you will find key pieces of research that focus on the transition from preschool to primary school.

Research Report No. 19: Transition from Preschool to Primary School (O’Kane, 2016)
Audit of Transfer Documentation (O’Kane and Murphy, 2016)
Audit of Policy in 14 Jurisdictions(O’Kane and Murphy, 2016)
Executive Summary: Research Report No. 19: Transition from Preschool to Primary School (2016)
Final report of the NCCA’s Preschool to primary school transition initiative (2018)
The Transition to Primary Education which explores the experiences of 9,000 five-year-old children in moving to and settling in to primary school. The report, completed by the ESRI and funded by the NCCA, draws on data from the Growing Up in Ireland Study (ESRI 2018)

Position statement on transitions

Position statement on transitions

What we can learn from other places

What we can learn from other places

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