Welcome to all Year 7 students joining us in September 2025!
Welcome to Winterbourne Academy, we are really proud that you have chosen us as the secondary school for your child. Moving from primary to secondary school is an exciting and significant event. It is an important milestone which, we understand for many of you will feel like a big step, but we will be here to support both parents and students throughout the transition.
We are lucky to have a school full of caring and dedicated staff, who will support your child as they begin their journey with us. Successful transition depends on a range of things such as creating the right environment where students feel safe and secure, to supporting students in developing positive relationships quickly within their tutor groups and with their teachers, and for us as a school, to successfully work in partnership with parents and carers.
Important dates for your diary:
- Year 6 Transition information evening: Thursday 12th June 2025 (booking required, please register here)
- Transition Days: Tuesday 24th June & Wednesday 2nd July 2025
- Transition Afternoon Tea for students and parents: Wednesday 2nd July 2025, 2.45pm
- Summer School: Monday 28th July - Friday 1st August 2025
- First day of school for Year 7 students only: Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Welcome to Winterbourne Academy Cohort 25 Letter
Meet the Team Webinar Slides - Tuesday 11th March 2025
Useful Information letter - Friday 28th March 2025
Summer School - Monday 28th July to Friday 1st August
Enhanced SEN Transition - March 2025
Transition Parent Information Evening presentation 2025
We will continue to update this page over the next couple of months so please keep checking back. In the meantime if you have any questions please contact our Year 7 Transition & Key Stage Pastoral Lead, Mr Donlin at ben.donlin@olympustrust.co.uk.
Uniform is ordered through our suppliers, Monkhouse, and you can visit their local shop in Yate or order online. For more information, please visit our Uniform page.
You can read more about the bus services serving Winterbourne Academy here. Bus seats are in high demand and there are waiting lists for most services.
Please familiarise yourself with our website, there is lots of useful information available, but if you struggle to find anything, please let us know.
SEND transition
If you have a Year 6 child with SEND and are concerned regarding their transition process, please get in touch (enquiries@winterbourneacademy.org.uk). Our usual transition process includes:
- Virtual tours
- Transition Information Evening
- Deputy SENCO contacting the primary school SENCO
- Key worker contact every other week, starting in Term 5; the key worker will be putting together the learning profile for staff circulation, using parental input alongside primary school information
