Transition Support

Transition to Secondary School 2024

Children born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013 are due to start secondary school in September 2024.

Applications open 1 September 2023 and close on 31 October 2023.

National offer day will be on 1 March 2024.

Please click here to be taken to the Sutton Gov website for more information on how to apply. 

These dates are provisional and might change. Check each school’s website for more information. Open evenings let you see more about the school before you apply. You'll be able to see the school buildings and facilities and meet the staff. The head teachers of each school will tell you about the school's achievements and plans for the future.

You can find the dates of open evenings for schools outside Sutton on the school's website.

Please click here for all Open Dates for Sutton Schools

Please click here for information on Schools out of Borough

The Small Fish Podcast is a unique digital discipleship resource filled with ideas to help parents and children’s workers talk to children about the transition from primary to secondary school. With 14 episodes based upon the questions children ask, enjoy 5 minutes of practical tips, pupil voices and Biblical wisdom. Listen with your group or as a family tuning in over breakfast, the car journey to school or last thing at night. This reassuring podcast will help tweenagers through the transition of becoming small fish in a big pond.  

Please click here for resources

Dealing with change and transitions toolkit Primary

The end of an academic year brings a range of emotions. It is a time for reflection and celebrating achievements, as well as excitement with the summer holidays on the horizon. However, it is also a time of change and upheaval which can feel difficult and cause anxious feelings. Some children will have come to the end of their time at primary school and will be getting ready to leave, and the others will be preparing to move on to a new school year next term. Everyone in school will also be preparing for the shift from the routine of the school day, to no formal education structure across the summer break. In this toolkit, we’ve collected resources to help primary pupils deal with change and prepare for the summer break. We’ve also included resources for those pupils who will be leaving your school, to help them feel more settled and prepared. We’ve also worked with education staff mental health charity Education Support on some guidance for staff, to help you look after your mental wellbeing over the holidays. 

Resources for pupils: dealing with change here