For our New Year 7 STUDENTS Starting in September 2026
Dear new Year 7 students, parents/carers,
May we take this opportunity to say how very delighted we are that you have decided to accept a place at our school.
At Urmston Grammar, we understand that the transition journey from primary to secondary school is one of the most important stages in a child’s education. Every year, we work closely with our primary schools to ensure that suitable arrangements are in place to support our new students, as they take this significant step into our Urmston Grammar community. Our Year 7 curriculum and the pastoral support programme support every child to make the very best possible start to their secondary education.
- As soon as we have received the admissions form to confirm the students who have accepted a place at Urmston Grammar, contact between our transition team, our future students and their parents begins.
- Each year, there are more than 55 primary schools feeding into our school community, and this often results in a significant number of primary schools sending fewer than 3 pupils. We encourage our new Year 7 not to feel overly anxious if they are coming to Urmston Grammar on their own, as there will be many others who are in the same position. It will not take long at all to establish new friendships.
- After the Easter break, a ‘Starting at UG’ booklet will be posted online for each new student to access. This provides valuable information and starts to give an insight into how things will work for the students during the first few weeks at our school. Hopefully, the booklet starts to answer some of the questions they are likely to be asking, as they begin their transition journey. We would encourage parents and carers to spend time with their child reading through the booklet together.
- During the primary school visit to our new students, a member of our transition team will also spend time going through the “Starting at UG” booklet. All our new students will be visited in their primary setting by a member of our staff, and these visits will take place over the course of the summer term.
- Any Special Educational Need and/or Disability information relating to the incoming students is collated. This information may have already been submitted by the parent(s) and/or the primary school. Our SEND department then reads through the information and, where it is appropriate, will arrange a meeting ahead of the start of term in September.
- From after the May half-term, we will be offering our weekly extracurricular opportunities to our new students so that they can start to get to know and build relationships with other like-minded students who are coming from other schools. These sessions are always hugely popular, and we would encourage them to participate and get involved as early as possible.
- Our Induction Evening will be held on Monday 29th June from 6-8pm, so please add this to your diary! This event will provide a wealth of information about our school and its procedures. We will communicate further details with you well in advance and provide regular updates via Applicaa and our Admissions tab on our school website.
- We will be in contact with all the primary schools to gather information about our new students, and we will use the information shared, to create balanced form groups. These forms are not created according to ability. Each student then receives a letter giving them information about which form they will be in.
- On Thursday 2nd July 2026, we will host our Visiting Day for our new students to experience ‘taster’ lessons in both familiar and new curriculum areas. The lessons are delivered to the students in their form groupings. During the Visiting Day, students are also introduced to our website, on which they will find a series of academic transition tasks from each curriculum area. Completed tasks are brought into school in September and handed to the form tutor. We are always hugely impressed by the effort and hard work demonstrated by our students over the summer holiday!
Please do keep regularly checking your emails and our school website, as there will be regular updates posted for parents and carers. Parents/carers are encouraged to contact the school at any time via email if they feel they have any queries or concerns.
We are looking forward to extending a warm Urmston Grammar welcome to both you and your child, and we look forward to the months ahead as we support their transition.
Kindest regards,
The Urmston Grammar Transition Team
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