Free parent tool
Year 6 → Year 7 Transition Readiness Score
Answer 8 quick questions to see how ready your child is for the jump to secondary school. Takes 2 minutes.
Question 1 of 8 · Reading
How often does your child read independently for pleasure?
Question 2 of 8 · Reading
What is your child's reading level compared to Year 6 expectations?
Question 3 of 8 · Maths
How confident is your child with fractions (adding, subtracting, multiplying)?
Question 4 of 8 · Organisation
How well does your child manage their own belongings and homework?
Question 5 of 8 · Organisation
Can your child plan a short piece of work or a homework task?
Question 6 of 8 · Social
How comfortable is your child asking a teacher for help?
Question 7 of 8 · Social
How does your child respond to meeting new children?
Question 8 of 8 · Sleep
Does your child have a consistent bedtime routine with no phone in the bedroom?
Frequently asked questions
What is the Year 7 dip?
The Year 7 dip is a well-documented drop in attainment and confidence that affects roughly one in three UK children in their first term of secondary school. It is usually temporary but can become entrenched without support.
Is this quiz a real diagnostic?
It is a parent-facing heuristic based on the habits and skills that Year 7 success most often depends on — reading stamina, organisation, social confidence, and core maths/English foundations. It is not a replacement for a proper diagnostic lesson with a tutor.
What should I do with a low score?
Low scores usually indicate specific gaps (most commonly: weak reading habit, poor organisation, anxiety about asking for help). Each gap is addressable with short focused support over the spring and summer of Year 6.
When is the best time to prepare for Year 7?
The spring and summer of Year 6, once SATs are done. That window is when reading stamina and organisation habits can be built without competing with test practice, and it is early enough that nothing has become entrenched by the first term of secondary school.
My child did well in SATs — do they still need this?
Often yes. The Year 7 dip is rarely about academic ability; it is about coping with eight teachers instead of one, a timetable, homework deadlines and a much longer reading load. Children who coasted through Year 6 on ability are sometimes the most exposed, because they have never had to organise themselves.