Transition to Year 7
Welcome to our Transition page
In this section of our site you'll find lots of helpful resources to help you make the transition from your primary school to HAB.
The best place to start is the HAB Transition handbook for pupils with lots of HAB hacks and video links to help you understand your feelings during the change. There is also a Welcome Booklet created by our current Year 7 pupils which explain A Day at HAB and gives lots of great advice.
HAB Hacks - How to get organised
Watch our short films with tips about
how to get organised and ready for school.
- How to find your way around HAB
- How to use the HAB timetable
- How to make friends
- How to lunch
- How to homework
- How to get organised
Let’s meet...
There are lots of key people that will help you make the transition from primary school to Harris Academy Bermondsey. You can ‘meet’ some of them here:
- Ms Landman, Your Principal next year
- Miss Magee, Student Support Manager
- Ms Morris, School Librarian
- Dr Hay, Lead Practitioner
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Essential Information for Parents
Parents and carers - this section is just for you, and will provide you with useful tips and information to help you and your daughter make a successful transition to HAB.
Year 6 - Timeline of transition actions
March 2026
- Acceptance of your place
April 2026
- Complete the online HAB Student Details Form
- Complete the HAB Medical Information Form and return by post or email to admissions@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
May 2026
- Register for our Year 6 Enrichment Clubs
- Welcome Evening, an opportunity to meet the Principal & Senior Leaders
- Engage your daughter with online HAB Transition Passports
June 2026
- Sign up for our Year 6 Enrichment Clubs to get a taste of our extracurricular opportunities
- Complete the Language Survey to let us know if your child would prefer to study French or Spanish
- Make contact with SEND and/or Safeguarding teams via with any relevant information to support your daughter’s transition.
July 2026
- Induction Day for students and Uniform Day.
- Sign up to ParentPay - Download our parents guide to ParentPay.
- Apply for Free School Meals (this does not carry over from Primary School automatically). Download our parents' guide to free school meals.
- Order HAB Uniform from Stevensons.
Keep checking our website and Twitter for any transition updates.
Uniform for new students -
how to order
HAB uniform is supplied by an online school outfitter, Stevensons. Please see our uniform page for details of how to order.
We also plan to hold a uniform sizing day over the summer and we'll have more information towards the end of the summer term. This is not a compulsory event, but we appreciate that some of you may value an opportunity to see the sizing of the uniform before placing an order.
September start dates
Once your daughter has had her Year 7 induction day in early September she will attend every day thereafter.
Support for girls
Our priority is always ensuring the physical and psychological safety of the children in our care, and of all members of our community. We want HAB to be safe and to feel safe for all.
If there is anything you wish to ask us, or to have our support with, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Please see the list of key contacts, also highlighted in the webinars, below:
- SEND: Leeanne.Manzi@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
- Safeguarding/Welfare: Elizabeth.Magee@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
- General Admissions and Admin queries: admissions@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
- Free School Meals and ParentPay queries: finance@harrisbermondsey.org.uk
A parent’s guide to: Moving to seconday school - Online safety tips to support children
Key HAB Forms
- HAB Student Details Form
- HAB Medical Information Form
- ParentPay Guide
- Free School Meals Guide
- Our SEND and Safeguarding policies can be downloaded from the Key Information section of our website, where all our policies can be found.