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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 can be a time of many changes, including:
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:
Yours sincerely,
Mrs E Drinkwater
Date
Time
Event
Who is the event for?
Friday 31st October 2025
n/a
National closing date for secondary school applications
Year 6 to Year 7 children starting September 2026
Monday 2nd March 2026
National offer day for secondary school places.
Year 6 transition to Year 7 children starting September 2026
Tuesday 17th March 2026
Parent/Carer deadline for accepting places.
Week Beginning 27th April 2026
9.00am
Day in the Life
Invited Year 5 Feeder Schools
From 16th June 2026
AM or PM sessions
Enhanced Transition
Invited Students
Tuesday 16th June 2026
9.00am – 3.00pm
Transition Day
Year 6 Students (starting in Yr 7 Sept 2026)
17th and 18th June 2026
Year 4 Music Festival
Invited Year 4 Feeder Schools
Monday 29th June 2026
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 1st July 2026
Thursday 2nd July 2026
Year 5 Sports Festival
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
For information on uniform please see here.
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