Dear Parent/Guardian

May I offer a warm welcome to Copleston High School and Sixth Form.  We are very much looking forward to meeting you and your child to start a transition programme to our fantastic school ready for September 2025.

In addition to the Induction Days at school on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 June 2025, we will also be offering helpful information remotely via our website - see below for details.

In the dedicated transition area of the website you will also be able to find links to the videos and all essential paperwork and there will be a dedicated email address:

transitions@copleston.suffolk.sch.uk

We will also be talking to your Year 6 teachers over the next half term to ensure we have up to date information regarding your child.

We appreciate that transition to high school can be a worrying but an exciting time for your child.  We have put together a programme of transition activities for your child to enjoy at school as well as watch and take part in to prepare them for starting at Copleston High School and Sixth Form.  This will be available later in June and will be accessible on this page.

There will be further communication with you in June / July to confirm the starting arrangements for your child. I hope you and your child find the ‘’transition events” useful and informative and begin to feel part of Copleston High School and Sixth Form.

Yours sincerely

Mr A Green

Principal

• Set the highest Expectations for all students, ensuring they understand and embrace the Copleston High School Ethos.
• To support students with the challenges of starting secondary school
• To give a friendly and warm welcome to Copleston High School.

Transition to secondary school is one of the biggest and most significant changes in a child's life, which is why at Copleston we place the upmost importance on getting it right to ensure all of our new Year 7 students are happy, motivated and primed to be the best that they can be.

Our approach to transition consists of a bespoke programme of events that is tailored to enable all new students feel the warm welcome Copleston offers and to develop an awareness and application of key attributes that make a good learner. We look to hone core values such as being resilient, innovative, mindful and employable. We help to grow students who are bold, creative, unafraid to take risks in their learning, believe in their abilities and demonstrate resilience no matter what the challenge is in front of them. Our aim is to instil these skills in our students from the very beginning so that they can go on to be the best that they can be. 

2024

By 19 September 2024 the Copleston Prospectus can be accessed via the Copleston Website.

Primary Schools issue parents/carers with application process letter and Form CAF1. ‘Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2025 – 2026’ guide available online at
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/asset-library/school-admissions/Admissions-to-Schools-in-Suffolk-2025-2026.pdf

If you need the booklet in another language or in another format including audio tape or large print, please call 0845 066067.

Parents/Carers can apply for a school place on line for September 2025 only (not mid-term) at https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/schools/school-places/apply-for-a-secondary-school-place-2025-2026

Thursday 3 October: Copleston Open Evening / Information about Transfer Arrangements – 6 – 8.30 p.m.

Thursday 31 October: Closing date for parents/carers to apply. Parents/carers can apply online at or fill in a CAF1 paper application form and email it to admissions@suffolk.gov.uk or post it to Admissions Team, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Suffolk, IP1 2BX. All applications must reach the Admissions Team by the closing date. For more information visit www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissions.

Friday 29 November: Joint Year 6 and 7 Carol Concert at Copleston at 1.15 p.m. for main feeder schools.

2025
Saturday 1 March: National Offer Day. If you applied online, the Admissions Team will send you an email to let you know which school has been offered. If you applied on a paper application form by the closing date the Admissions Team will send you a letter by second class post to let you know which school has been offered.

April: Copleston staff including Mr Pheasant and Mrs Naseri to visit

May: Year 6 Students and teachers

June: Students in Year 6 begin Copleston Literacy and Mathematics Exercise books.
N.B. * Key Stage 2 SATs = May 2024

Monday 2 June: Deadline for Language Preference letters

Mrs Pilkington (SENCo) to visit Year 6 students and teachers where necessary.

Monday 16 June: Final date for transfer of KS1 & 2 SATs results, records, medical information, Special Education Needs information.

Monday 23 June: Final date for transfer of folders.

Tues 24 June/Wed 25 June*: Year 6 Induction Days at Copleston – for all primary schools
           *Please avoid Absence Requests during these times
            Students to bring Maths & English exercise books and Science task if these have been issued to them.

Wednesday 25 June: Year 6 Parents’/Carers’ Evening at Copleston at 6 p.m. Year 6 students and parents are invited to gain vital information about school systems including homework, student support, the school day etc. This is an opportunity for parents to meet Mr Pheasant (Primary liaison), Mrs Naseri (Year 7 Leader of Learning), Mrs Pilkington (Head of Learning Support) and members of or SLT, who will welcome you to Copleston, present key information and answer myths and worries that students or parents may have about September.

Primary Sports Day – afternoon (Date to be confirmed)

Friday 18 July: End of Term for Copleston Students. NB. Monday 21/Tuesday 22 July are Disaggregated PD Days for staff only.

What to expect during transition week

Our core aims are:

 1. To set the highest expectations and to begin to embed the Copleston way

 2. To welcome you to Copleston in a warm, engaging manner

 3. To develop rapport and start to build friendships between yourself and other year 6 students  

Activities during Transition week include:

1. Team Bonding activities with their new peers
2. Workshops developing key skills
3. Taster Lessons in subjects they will study in Year 7

Our Transition programme doesn't end there though….

At Copleston High School, we place valuable emphasis on the start that our learners make to high school and realise the importance of been supported, nurtured and challenged. Throughout Year 7, students are set a series of challenges and take part in a number of exciting events that further develop their Copleston High School attributes and integrate them into the Copleston family.

 Year 6 Induction Days at Copleston Summer 2024 

• Monday 24 June / Tuesday 25 June – Britannia/Clifford Road + Sidegate
• Wednesday 26 June / Thursday 27 June – Broke Hall / Rose Hill / St John's + Other schools
• Wednesday 26 June 6 p.m. in Sports Hall - Year 6 Parents' / Carers' Evening