“…Adoption UK’s report, Bridging the gap (2018), highlighted contexts where school staff have good knowledge, skills and understanding of adoption, and Langton and Boy (2017) showed that the effects of this could be transformative. But despite this encouraging evidence, a literature review by Stother, Woods and McIntosh (2019) concluded that relevant studies were few in number and often limited methodologically. Some did ascertain children’s views: for example, Cooper and Johnson (2007) explored their social relationships and views on teachers’ behaviour; the Children’s Workforce Development Council (2009) investigated difficulties of transition to secondary school and coping with peer pressure; and Crowley (2018) interviewed four girls aged 10 to 16 about their school experiences and identified the five key issues of identity and self, relationships, school, attachment and adoptive status.…”