Stockport, some of the most common worries among its new starters were about not being able to make new friends; getting lost; and not being able to do the amount of work - worries we're sure many can relate to.
To help address these fears, the school has a thorough transition programme to help its students settle in.To find out more about how the programme has helped its students, we spoke to Rachael Wardle, Deputy Headteacher at the school, who's also in charge of transition from primary to secondary.She told us: "The transition team fully understand and are skilled in supporting the anxieties that some students and their parents may have with the move from a small primary school to a large secondary school.
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