Year 6 to Year 7 Transition

Please use the link below to sign up to our Year 6/7 'Welcome Event'. (This event will be for those families who have been offered a place at The Grange Academy to start in September 2026.

Our Welcome Event will take place on Thursday 5th March 2026 at 6pm. You will receive further information once you have signed up for this event.

Year 6/7 'Welcome Event' – Fill in form

Welcome to the Year 6 Transition page at The Grange Academy. Here, you'll find resources and information to help ease the move from primary to secondary school. We understand that this transition is significant for both students and their parents or carers. Our comprehensive transition programme is designed to make this journey positive and exciting. We aim to provide Year 6 students with a genuine understanding of life at The Grange Academy. Our strong connections with local and regional primary schools ensure a smooth transition, helping new Year 7 students settle in quickly and comfortably.

Our Transition Days 2026

Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July 2026

These will be your first taster days at the Grange Academy, there will be activities to help students, including a tour, looking at the school's policies and routines and starting lessons at The Grange. Students should arrive at the front gate by 8:25 am. We will teach you all about TGA Way, carry out some basic testing, get you to meet all of your new friends, give you a taste of what a 'lesson" looks like at TGA and many more activities.

Key Documents- (Coming Soon)

Who' Who?

Mr J Wride, Assistant Principal, Transition Lead

I am absolutely delighted to welcome you to The Grange Academy, and I look to meeting you all during our transition process. We will have a number of events for you to attend before we start in September 2026. This is the start of an exciting new journey for you all, and we are delighted that you’ll be joining our school community.

Well Being and Advice

Clinicians at the Anna Freud Centre have developed 7 ways to support children and young people feeling fear and worry, especially at a time of change.

Seven ways to support children and young people who are worried | Anna Freud

Save the Children have produced a useful guide to understanding the difference between normal nerves and when this might be closer to anxiety and what you can do as parents to support.

School Anxiety: 5 Ways to Help Children With Back to School Worries (Updated 2025)

BBC Bitesize have put together a page that supports parents who have children starting secondary school this year.

Starting secondary school - BBC Parents' Toolkit - BBC Bitesize

Young Minds have produced a video giving practical tools for supporting transition to secondary school and supporting young people’s mental health.

Supporting school transitions | Resources | YoungMinds

The Spark have two helpful Blog posts that support both parents and students embarking on the new journey of transition to Secondary school.

Starting Secondary School: A Guide for Parents - The Spark

Starting Secondary School: Tips for Young People - The Spark

Social Media

Be sure to follow us on our social media channels, where we regularly post content on what the academy has to offer. Visit our Instagram and Twitter channels to stay up to date with what’s going on.