Year 6 to 7 Transition September 2026

Year 6 to 7 Transition September 26/27

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 26/27 Transition

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	n/a	National offer day for secondary school places.	Year 6 transition to Year 7 children starting September 2026
Tuesday 17th March 2026	n/a	Parent/Carer deadline for accepting places.	Year 6 transition to Year 7 children starting September 2026
Week Beginning 27^th April 2026	9.00am	Day in the Life	Invited Year 5 Feeder Schools

From 16^th June 2026	AM or PM sessions	Enhanced Transition	Invited Students
Tuesday 16^th June 2026	9.00am – 3.00pm	Transition Day	Year 6 Students (starting in Yr 7 Sept 2026)
17^th and 18^th June 2026	9.00am	Year 4 Music Festival	Invited Year 4 Feeder Schools
Monday 29^th 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 1^st July 2026	9.00am – 3.00pm	Transition Day	Year 6 Students (starting in Yr 7 Sept 2026)
Thursday 2^nd July 2026	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

For information on uniform please see here.