Once upon a time you dropped your child off at school, chatted to all the other parents, and then collected a talkative little person at the end of the day, who was brimming over with exciting news from the classroom.

Now your pre-teen travels to-and-from school alone, and barely manages to mutter 'alright' when you ask if he's had a good day at school. We life the lid on life beyond the school gates, and offer advice on everything from making friends at secondary school to becoming a school governor.

• Resources To Help Choose A Secondary School
• Which Secondary School Would Suit Your Child?
  
  
• Education Timeline: 9-10 Yr-Olds: Year 05
• Education Timeline: 10-11 Yr-Olds: Year 06
• Onwards & Upwards: Starting Secondary School
• Education Timeline: 11-12 Yr-Olds: Year 07
• Education Timeline: 12-13 Yr-Olds: Year 08
• Education Timeline: 13-14 Yr-Olds: Year 09
  
  
• Pre-Teens: Making Friends At Secondary School
• Is Your Pre-Teen Bullied At Secondary School?
• Steps To Stop Pre-Teens Being Victimised
• After-School Activities
• Classroom Volunteers & PTA
• Becoming A School Governor
• How To Complain To The School
  
  
• Ask Our Experts: Asperger's At High School
• Ask Our Experts: 12 Yr-Old Won't Do Homework
• Ask Our Experts: Declining Grades At School
• Ask Our Experts: Angel At School, Devil At Home
• Ask Our Experts: 'Underachiever' Self-Image
  
  
• Support Organisations: Education