Information for Year 6 Parents and Students

Welcome to all students and families who have successfully secured a Year 7 place with us for 2026! We are delighted that you will be joining the Glossopdale community and look forward to supporting your child as they take this exciting next step.

We will be sharing everything you need to know to ensure a smooth and confident transition to secondary school. This will include key dates, induction events, uniform guidance, and helpful information.

Please check back on this page for updates, resources and important announcements. We can’t wait to welcome you into our school community.

For any queries concerning transition, please complete our contact form here: Contact Form

Supporting a Smooth and Positive Transition

We recognise that transition from Primary School to Secondary can be an anxious time for many children and their parents/carers and take every measure to ensure this is a smooth and enjoyable, exciting a process as possible. We meet with all of the students and their parents/carers and also hold a range of transition events from the Spring Term into the Autumn Term of Year 7, including:

-Visits to primary schools

-Additional visits to Glossopdale for students with SEND or vulnerable students

-Other key dates, please see the "Key Dates for Your Diary" tab.

We have a dedicated and experienced team who have successfully managed transition for several years. This includes Ms Nevin, Lead for Transition; the Head of Year; our Year Managers and our SENDCO, Ms Barnfather.

Key Dates for Your Diary: 2026

Transition information evenings for Year 6 parents will take place on Thursday 16th April 2026 and Thursday 2nd July 2026

PTFA Family Fun Evening: Thursday 30th April 2026, 7pm onwards in the School Theatre

Y6 Induction Days: Thursday 2nd July 2026 and Friday 3rd July 2026

Our School Musical will be performed over three evenings: Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Friday 17th July 2026, tickets will be available to buy online, this will be a great opportunity for you to see an example of the extra curricular opportunities that will be available to your child.

Transition Clubs

Year 6 children will be invited to attend a series of extra-curricular/after school clubs at Glossopdale School for a wide range of interests from the summer term onwards, such as:

Drama
Dance
Food Technology (Catering)
Design and Technology
Science
Computing
Art
Music
Sport/Football

Induction Day

One induction day will take place in the first week of July when all future Glossopdale Year 7s spend a full school day with us in their new tutor groups; learning about our values, expectations and routines and attending a series of sample lessons. These will always include a range of Arts-based, core subjects and PE/Dance sessions and enable the children to begin to understand what life at Glossopdale School will be like; including learning our conduct and learning routines and finding their way around the building! Each tutor group has a number of our existing Year 7s as mentors/buddies for the day – children who they will recognise from their primary schools – and who assist and reassure the Year 6s about the exciting time ahead.

On their first day of school in September, all new Year 7 children will arrive in school before the older students, to ensure a quiet and calm environment for all staff to welcome them and begin their 7 year journey as a student of Glossopdale School.