Bharara, GDuncan, S2024-06-122024-06-122023-11-17Psychology in the Schools, ISSN: 0033-3085 (Print); 1520-6807 (Online), Wiley, 61(3), 1217-1237. doi: 10.1002/pits.231080033-30851520-6807http://hdl.handle.net/10292/17655The transition to secondary school can be a challenging period for adolescents. Although several questionnaires exist to measure transition-related concerns, there is a need to develop a comprehensive survey for assessing the knowledge and skills that adolescents require to adapt effectively to a new school. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop and investigate the psychometric properties of a preliminary self-report tool (PSTRS) for identifying the presence or absence of factors that facilitate transition to secondary school and are important for adolescent understanding of well-being. The PSTRS was developed in a series of stages that involved a systematic review of the school transition literature, a review of psychometric scales, empirical data of adolescents' well-being conceptualizations, expert reviews, and a pilot study. Seventy-one items were compiled to collect information on 20 school, social, physical, psychological, and spiritual components. Cronbach's alpha for the survey was 0.943 in a sample of Year 8 NZ intermediate school students (N = 471). Test–retest reliability was 0.866 in a subsample of 121 participants. Single-measures ICCs of subscales ranged from 0.501 to 0.943. The PC analysis resulted in a three-component factor structure. The PSTRS and its subscales positively correlated with well-being and negatively correlated with anxiety. Overall, PSTRS appears to be a reliable and valid tool for determining adolescent readiness to transition to secondary school. PSTRS data may be useful for researchers, school professionals, psychologists, and policymakers to better understand positive school transitions. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.© 2023 The Authors. Psychology in the Schools Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.5205 Social and Personality Psychology52 PsychologyPediatricBehavioral and Social ScienceMental HealthClinical ResearchBasic Behavioral and Social Science1303 Specialist Studies in Education1701 PsychologyEducation3904 Specialist studies in education5201 Applied and developmental psychology5203 Clinical and health psychologyJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1002/pits.23108