Year 6 To 7 Transition

Offers will be made by Surrey County Council for admission to Christ's College in September 2023 on the 6th March 2023. Click here for more information about admissions to Christ's College and the appeals process.

We want our students to feel ready, prepared, and confident to join Year 7 at Christ's College. We have strong partnerships with our local primary schools, to ensure curriculum and pastoral continuity.

We have a dedicated transition team lead by an Assistant Principal including the Progress Leader for Year 7, SENDCo and Home School Link Worker. We work together with our local primary schools to ensure a smooth transition for students from Primary to Secondary School. This includes speaking to every Year 6 teacher, family and child during the summer term before joining Christ's College to ensure we understand each student before placing them in their new classes.

During the summer term, we also visit each student in their primary school so that they can ask questions of what it will be like to be a Christ's College student. Likewise, in the autumn term, the Year 6 teachers are invited to visit Christ's College to see how their former students have settled into College life.

At the beginning of July, all Year 6 students are invited to an Induction Day to start learning about how they will become successful Christ's College students. They are introduced to their new class and start to make new friends, take a tour of the school and meet some of their new teachers so they can begin to understand how they will achieve their best.

For parents, we hold an Information Evening on the same day as the main Induction Day for students. This starts an important relationship between the school and home. Students are encouraged to attend with their families, and there is an opportunity to take part in a more informal question and answer session.

For students who may be more anxious about the move to secondary school, we run further opportunities, such as SEN sessions, or bespoke school tours with a senior leader, to help them settle and feel more confident.

We look forward to welcoming you and your child to the Christ's College community.

KEY DATES

EVENT	DATE	FURTHER INFORMATION
Offer Day	Evening of 6th March 2023	Available by logging into the Surrey County Council eAdmissions website or notified by email if supplied. If not, a letter is sent out first class post on 1st March 2023
Deadline to accept offers.	15th March 2023	Please either accept your place that has been offered by this date.
Welcome letter to parents who accepted a place at Christ's College.	17th March 2023	A variety of electronic Admission forms are to be completed during the month of May 2023. You will be notified as soon as these forms are available for completion.
Christ's College staff contact with Year 6 primary school teachers and students.	May/June2023	The transition team, will be in contact with all the primary schools who have students making the transition to CCG. They will either visit schools and introduce themselves to your child in person at their school, or where only a few students will be transferring we will invite them for an afternoon workshop on site.
Parents Initial Zoom Information Evening	June 2023	The transition team, Assistant Head - Mrs Starr, and the Year 7 Progress Leader, will talk about how we will get to know your child over the next couple of months, our Chromebook for Learning Scheme. Zoom codes will be sent out closer to the date.
Chromebook for Learning Scheme Portal Opens	June 2023	Freedom Tech Portal to purchase your Chromebook : https://www.tech4learners.co.uk/users/login Login details sent by email
Transition Gathering for selected students. By invitation only	27th June 2023	For students who will be arriving on their own from their primary school.
Additional Transition Day for SEND Students	20th & 27th June 2023 (1pm-3pm)	For students with specific needs and in conjunction with primary school SENDCos, there will be an additional transition day for students who would benefit from an extra day. Mrs Fodor our SENDCo will be in touch with parents and schools in due course.
Year 6 Transition Day.	28th June 2023	Where Year 6 students get to spend the day at Christ's College and discover more about their new secondary school.
Parents Information Evening	TBC	For parents and students to ask questions, meet Class Tutors, Year 7 Progress Leader and the senior team.
Deadline for Chromebook For Learning Scheme	10th July 2023	The deadline for signing up for the Chromebook for Learning Scheme via the Freedom Tech Portal
School Uniform Stevensons 208-210 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7JS Tel: 01483 577835	TBC	Orders can be placed online from guildfordbranch@stevensons.co.uk To guarantee supply of uniform orders must be placed by end of July. Additional uniform sale dates can be found on our Uniform page here
Second Hand Uniform Sales with Friends of Christ's College	TBC	Our PTA, Friends of Christ's College will be offering for sale second hand uniform outside the main reception area. Email friendsatchristscollege@gmail.com http://www.friendsofchristscollege.org/ See our Website calendar for times.
Start date for new Year 7 students.	Mon 4th Sept 2023	Our new Year 7 students will start their first day of College on their own without older students, to help them settle in.

CONTACTS

Mrs L Starr- Assistant Principal	transition@christscollege.surrey.sch.uk
Mrs D Parker - Admissions	dparker@christscollege.surrey.sch.uk
Mr Z Annan Year 7 Progress Leader	transition@christscollege.surrey.sch.uk