1. Introduction; Part I Planning for the Start of School; 2. Admission; 3. Marketing the school; 4. Expectations and preparations; Part II Preparing Schools for Children; 5. The role of the induction coordinator; 6. Transition activities; 7. The first day at school; Part III Preschools, Schools and Families Working Together; 8. Liaison between settings; 9. Early links between home and school; ch0010 Ongoing collaboration between home and school; Part IV Settling in to School; 11. Making sense of school; 12. Friendships and social well-being; 13. Self-esteem and emotional well-being; Part V Continuity during Transitions and Transfers; 14. Transitions and transfers: within-phase, cross-phase and pupil mobility; 15. Transfer and academic progress; 16. Monitoring and evaluating induction and transitions;