Year 6 to 7 Transition September 2026

Year 6 to 7 Transition September 25/26 & 26/27 FAQs

Year 6-7 Transition

Welcome to Swindon Academy!

At Swindon Academy, we work hard to provide a caring and secure bridge between Years 6 and 7, making the transition from Primary to Secondary a positive and fulfilling experience. Your child will have every opportunity to reach aspirational goals and targets in a secure and caring environment.

Year 7 is both a fun and challenging year where students will develop key life skills in a community that maintains high expectations of behaviour and conduct and continually drives our core values of Hard Work, Kindness, and Responsibility.

Transition

Transition can be a time of many changes, including:

A new and bigger school-working environment
Changes in teachers
New friendship groups
Being around older students
Movement around the school

In Year 7, we have minimised these changes by ensuring our students feel safe and confident in their first year. It is vital that each child knows who to turn to if they need someone to talk to. To this end, students will be assigned a Student Champion, who will be with their tutor during year 7. In addition, your child will also have a Head of Year and a Year Manager who are solely dedicated to the year group. They are hugely supportive and influential staff members, an ever-visible, caring, and supportive addition that you and your child will quickly become familiar with. They will also have a Character Lead who promote character and culture within the year group along with championing our school values.

We consistently strive to get the best out of our students by focusing on our values and behaviour and structured learning environment, which provides a successful transition for the students.

We look forward to working in partnership with you and your child here at the Academy.

If you have any further queries, please email:

Head of Year 7: Emma Drinkwater – emma.drinkwater@swindon-academy.org

Yours sincerely,

Mrs E Drinkwater

Important Dates for 25/26 & 26/27 Transition

Date	Time	Event	Who is the event for?
Wednesday 24^th September	6.00pm	Open Evening	Year 5 and 6 Students and Parents
Monday 13^th October	4.00pm	Settling in Parent Event	Book to see a member of SLT
Week Beginning 27^th April	9.00am	Day in the Life	Invited Year 5 Feeder Schools
Tuesday 21^st April	4.00pm	Year 7 Subject Parent Meeting	Year 7 Parents and Students (booking system)

From 16^th June	AM or PM sessions	Enhanced Transition	Invited Students
Tuesday 16^th June	9.00am – 3.00pm	Transition Day	Year 6 Students (starting in Yr 7 Sept 2026)
17^th and 18^th June	9.00am	Year 4 Music Festival	Invited Year 4 Feeder Schools
Monday 29^th June	4.00pm	Y6 into Y7 SEND Parent Event Y6 into Y7 Uniform Swap or Shop Event	Parents/Carers and Students (booking system for both events)
Wednesday 1^st July	9.00am – 3.00pm	Transition Day	Year 6 Students (starting in Yr 7 Sept 2026)
Thursday 2^nd July	9.00am	Year 5 Sports Festival	Invited Year 5 Feeder Schools

Key Contacts for Year 7

When your child starts with us the main points of contact are the Head of Year, Year Manager and Student Champions who can all be contacted via e-praise

Name	Job Title	Contact E-Mail Address
Emma Drinkwater	Assistant Headteacher and Head of Year 7	emma.drinkwater@swindon-academy.org
Julie Law	Year Manager for Y7	Julie.law@swindon-academy.org
Sophie Stevens	Year 7 Character Lead	sophie.stevens@swindon-academy.org

If your child is starting in Year 7 September 2025, please see our FAQ's here:

Year 7 Transition 2025 FAQ

For information on uniform please see here.