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Primary Transition
We believe that students flourish in an environment where they are recognised and valued from the outset. For many years we have worked with our partner schools to develop a successful process to ease the transition from the relative security of the primary setting to the great unknown that is Secondary School. By offering many opportunities for students to visit us and for our staff to visit students in their primary/junior schools, students become more confident not only of the geographical environment into which they will move but also of the academic structures that they will encounter.
In order to fully support this we have a dedicated Head of Year 7 and transition, who has responsibility for ensuring that the move from primary to secondary school is a positive experience for all of our students.
Please see our Transition Road Map below, which shows the journey from Year 5 to Year 7 (information is also in the tables below):
YEAR 5
The Primary Transition process begins in Year 5 when we offer the opportunities in the table below.
This academic year our Coffee Mornings and Tours for Year 5 parents will be held on 24th, 25th and 30th June 2025. Places need to be booked via Eventbrite using the link below:
Year 5 Parent Coffee Morning Tickets
| September / October |
Open Evening - come and explore Woolmer Hill School, see our facilities, meet students and staff and try out activities to give you a taste of life at Woolmer Hill (All Year 5 and 6 students and their parents are warmly invited) |
| April / May |
Year 7 Transition Leaders and key staff from Woolmer Hill visit students in their primary / junior schools. This is a great chance for Year 5 to ask lots of questions and find out about WH from Year 7s who were former students at their school. |
| June |
Year 5 taster mornings / afternoons at Woolmer Hill School. This is an opportunity to explore the school, meeet teachers and students and try out some lessons |
| June |
Year 5 Coffee mornings and tours for Year 5 parents (see above for dates for 2025 and for the link to book tickets) |
| July |
Haslemere Confederation KS2 Sports Day held at Woolmer Hill School |
YEAR 6
We offer multiple opportunities for students in Year 6 to prepare for their transition to Year 7. Please see the timeline below:
| September / October |
Open Evening (all Year 5 and 6 students and their parents are invited) |
| 31st October |
Deadline for application for a secondary school place at Woolmer Hill School (apply via your home Local Authority) |
| Early March |
Your home local authority will notify you of your allocated secondary school (Some Local Authorities may ask for you to accept or decline the school place offered. Please check with your Local Authority admissions team if you are required to do this and keep to this deadline. We will also ask you to accept or decline you place with us directly) |
| By the end of March |
If you have been allocated a place at Woolmer Hill School then you will receive an email from us with a link to complete our online registration form |
| April / May |
Visits by key transition staff from Woolmer Hill to students in their primary / junior schools to start to get to know them |
| June |
'Meet the Teacher' event at Woolmer Hill |
| June |
Additional small group transition sessions for students with extra anxieties or additional needs, where they will meet with key staff who will maintain close links with them and parents for their first year with us |
| July |
Induction Day for Year 6 at Woolmer Hill School, when all our new intake are invited to spend the day with us. This is followed by a parents' evening for Year 6 parents to prepare parents for their child's transition to Woolmer Hill School |
| August |
Summer School (dates tbc) |
We hope that these short videos will provide you with a taste of life at Woolmer Hill School.
Woolmer-Hill-School-from-the-air.mp4
Welcome-Y7-to-Woolmer-Hill-School-Sept-2020.mp4
For students joining us in September 2025 the Year 6 Induction Day and Parents' Information Evening will be held on Tuesday 1st July.
For any enquiries relating to transition please contact Mr David Clayton (Assistant Headteacher) dclayton@woolmerhill.surrey.sch.uk
