Year 6 Transition for September 2025
Welcome to St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Welcome to our new year 7 students and families, we are delighted to welcome you to our school community. Here you will find lots of information to support your transition to secondary school. Starting a new school is an exciting time but can be daunting, please rest assured that we are here to support and care for you over the coming months.
Welcome from Key Staff
Mrs T Leese | Assistant Headteacher
Hello, my name is Mrs Leese and I am the Assistant Headteacher who leads on transition. As a parent myself I know that this is such an important step for you and your families and here at St Thomas More Catholic Academy we will support you throughout your time here. In my spare time I enjoy writing and being outdoors with my family.
Mrs E Sloan | Head of Year 7
Hello, my name is Mrs Sloan and I am Head of Year 7 at St Thomas More Catholic Academy. We are thrilled that you are joining our fantastic school and we can’t wait to meet you all. Your transition to Year 7 can feel a little unnerving, as you are unaware of what to expect, but please don’t worry, as we will take great care of you and make sure that you are settled and ready to start your exciting journey through secondary school in no time. In my spare time I enjoy going to the theatre and travelling.
Mrs D Britton | Student Support Officer
Hello, my name is Mrs Britton and I have the pleasure of being a student support officer for year 7. My role is to simply look after our wonderful year 7s and help ease the nerves of joining our school. I work closely with families in supporting their children to achieve the best they can. When not a work, I love to walk especially along the canals where I live. I also love to read.
Mrs T Leese | Assistant Headteacher
Hello, my name is Mrs Leese and I am the Assistant Headteacher who leads on transition. As a parent myself I know that this is such an important step for you and your families and here at St Thomas More Catholic Academy we will support you throughout your time here. In my spare time I enjoy writing and being outdoors with my family.
Mrs E Sloan | Head of Year 7
Hello, my name is Mrs Sloan and I am Head of Year 7 at St Thomas More Catholic Academy. We are thrilled that you are joining our fantastic school and we can’t wait to meet you all. Your transition to Year 7 can feel a little unnerving, as you are unaware of what to expect, but please don’t worry, as we will take great care of you and make sure that you are settled and ready to start your exciting journey through secondary school in no time. In my spare time I enjoy going to the theatre and travelling.
Mrs D Britton | Student Support Officer
Hello, my name is Mrs Britton and I have the pleasure of being a student support officer for year 7. My role is to simply look after our wonderful year 7s and help ease the nerves of joining our school. I work closely with families in supporting their children to achieve the best they can. When not a work, I love to walk especially along the canals where I live. I also love to read.
Transition 2025
All year 6 students who have a place at St Thomas More Catholic Academy are invited to spend two days with us on the 2nd and 3rd July where you will spend one day in taster lessons and one day with your form tutor. Letters regarding this are sent to parents via Admissions Plus. In addition to this there will be a drop-in evening for parents on Wednesday 2nd July 2025.
We think we have answered any questions you will have in this transition booklet, you will get a copy of this when you visit us in July. If there’s anything you think we’ve missed please let us know via office@stmca.org.uk
For more information on the curriculum, you will study please click on the links below to learn more about the core subjects you will study in year 7 at St Thomas More:
Understanding and using the correct vocabulary is going to be essential to help you access the year 7 curriculum at St Thomas More Catholic Academy. We have compiled a list of the language you will be required to use in your core subjects together with their definitions to help you prepare for the year ahead:
Homework
It’s really important that you are responsible for the completion of homework. You will be set tasks online each week.
MAPPER is a programme which will teach you key vocabulary you need for all subjects.
You will receive logins and you can store them in your planner.
Form Groups
When you start at St Thomas More, you will be part of a form group. Each form group is named after a saint. Find out more about the saints here.
Who is St Thomas More?
St Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a chancellor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary island state.
More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII’s separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: “I die the King’s good servant, and God’s first”.
Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr. Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians. The Soviet Union in the early twentieth century honoured him for the purportedly communist attitude toward property rights in Utopia.
Transition Tour
The below video will give you an overview of life around school at St Thomas More Catholic Academy.