Summer School

Attleborough Academy Summer School

The objectives of our Summer School are always to support the transitioning Year 6 pupils from our feeder schools who have been identified as having gaps in Literacy and/or Numeracy.

Our aim of the Summer School that took place in July 2024 was to ensure that the students who were transferring to the Academy in September 2024 could:

• Experience life at secondary school without too many people being on site;
• Learn to find their way around the Academy site;
• Meet new friends who were also joining the Academy in September, especially if they were coming from a smaller feeder school;
• Experience a range of fun extra-curricular activities;
• Develop extra Literacy and Numeracy skills

Students spent the time familiarising themselves with the Academy expectations and routines as well as developing and honing skills such as organisation, teamwork, communication, resilience and empathy. This was achieved through a variety of engaging and creative extra-curricular activities.

Working on these skills helps the Academy to enable children to have a smooth transition into secondary school life and allow us to facilitate each student in making maximised and accelerated progress from day one of Year 7.