This book focuses on the issue of transfer from the primary to the secondary school, using data from the ORACLE study, (Observation and Classroom Learning and Evaluation). This study which took place from 1975 to 1980, followed by 'Son of ORACLE', the study of group-work in the primary classroom 1980 to 1983, has had an enormous influence on the debate on primary education. This book uses the ORACLE study to analyze one of the main claims of the National Curriculum, that it has provided greater continuity through the various stages and that this should be reflected in smoother transition from one school to the next.