North Leamington School

Welcome to North Leamington School’s Transition Page.

The Transition Team at North Leamington School is dedicated to ensuring that the move from Primary School to Secondary School is a smooth and positive process for your child. Members of the team have a wealth of experience in relation to transition and are committed to ensuring that both students and parents feel supported throughout the process.

The team consists of:

Ms H Jones – Senior Assistant Head Teacher
Mrs J McBride – Assistant Head Teacher and Leader for Transition
Ms JA Bird – Assistant Head Teacher and Leader of IEN Faculty
Mr S Owen – Student Support and Engagement Lead
Mrs L Gould – Family Liaison Manager
Gary Ingram, Nikki Holt, Hannah Williams, Jeff Greaves – SSE Managers.

Welcome to our new students who have been offered a place into Year 7 at North Leamington School in September. Your Welcome Pack including all letters has been mailed to you w/c 1st April 2019, please return all forms and documentation promptly to help us ensure a smooth Transition for you.

Dates for the Diary 2019

Coffee Morning - Current Year 6 Parents - Tuesday 11th June 9.15am
Familiarisation Visit for children coming from out of Area Primary Schools (invitation only) – Wednesday 19th June 2.00 - 3.00pm
Transition Day – current Year 6 students Thursday 27th June 8.30am – 3.00pm
Transition Evening – for parents of Year 6 students joining us Thursday 27th June 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Online Safety Session – current Year 6 parents Monday 8th July 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Exploration Day – Saturday 13th July 10.00 am – 12 noon – for children accompanied by parents/carers.
‘Get to Know NLS’ Day – Thursday 29^thAugust 10.00am – 3.00pm – for children only

North Leamington School draws from a wide area, featuring several cluster schools including: Telford, Milverton, Cubbington, St Pauls, Our Lady’s, Lillington and Brookhurst Primary Schools; as well as attracting many students from outside our Cluster from areas such as: Kenilworth, Warwick and Rugby.

We recognise that the transition to a secondary school is a very exciting time, but in some cases it can also be an anxious time. To ensure all students have a positive experience, and in order to settle quickly we have an extensive Transition Program in place;

·The Transition Team visit all cluster primary schools to meet prospective North Leamington students in their own environment and to enable direct communication with Year 6 teachers. Transition Leaders from our current Year 7 cohort accompany us on visits to Primary schools. This strategy has proved very successful in helping the new students feel at ease and they have felt more able to ask any questions they may have during these visits. The Leaders also support the new students at transition events and whilst settling in to Secondary School.

Transition events include the following for students; Primary school visits, out of cluster familiarisation visit to NLS, additional visits to NLS for some students, Transition Day, Exploration Day, Get to Know NLS day.

Transition events for parents include; Coffee morning, Transition evening, Online Safety Session, Exploration day and a settling in evening to discuss how students have settled into NLS.

We look forward to meeting all of you very soon.

Mrs McBride

Assistant Head Teacher & Leader of Transition

If you have any questions about transition please email transition@northleamington.co.uk.