TRAINS stands for Transitions for All into School and is three year research project (2019-2022), which is fully funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the EU. The project coordinator is Leeds Beckett University (United Kingdom) in collaboration with NARHU – National Association of Professionals Working with Disabled People (Bulgaria), the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Families (Germany), and the Institute of Child Education and Psychology, Europe (Ireland).

The TRAINS project aims to facilitate more successful transitions into primary school for all students within the European Union by marrying the foremost research in the field of successful school transitions with best practice in education across Europe. In order to achieve this, the partners will collaborate closely with educators and teachers working across the participating countries in order to inform the development and subsequent evaluation of tailored learning and professional development materials for teaching professionals, namely:

A suite of transitions training materials
A transnational guide for educators
A parent's guide to transitions
A tailored e-learning platform designed to host the developed training materials

Within the scope of our Europe-wide project (Erasmus+ “Transitions for All into School“) we would like to study and professionalize the transition from preschool to primary school for children with special (educational) needs. As part of this process, we wish to determine the extent of the supports currently available in facilitating smooth transitions between preschool and primary school and identify the priority needs to enhance provision in this area.

We kindly ask you for your support by participating in this survey. The following questionnaire will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Participation in the questionnaire is voluntary and confidential, and the data gathered will only be utilised for the purposes of the TRAINS research and TRAINS related publications. You are free to withdraw your participation at any time.

Many thanks for your time, your contribution will help to create improved transitions experiences for students throughout the European Union.

If you would like to discuss your participation further, please contact Mr. Stephen Smith (Senior Research Officer, ICEP Europe) at s.smith@icepe.eu.