Transition

Transition from Primary School to Secondary School

Parents/Carers need to submit their child’s admission form directly to Somerset County Council. The entry deadline for September 2025 is 31 October 2024. Please refer to the link below for help regarding transition, such as the application form.

Bus passes will be issued within six weeks of the start of the academic year. Passes will be delivered to the school and will be given out to all new students. The pass will expire at the end of the student’s time at the school and should be kept for travel in future academic years. Please see our transport page here for more information.

Crispin is fully committed to ensuring that the transition between primary and secondary school is as smooth as possible. The prioritising of this area has led to extremely successful outcomes over the last two years. There are two main reasons for this focus:

1. We want all of our students (current and prospective) to be as happy as possible and we want to reduce as much of the angst that can take hold of students in the period between primary and secondary.
2. We believe the smoother the transition, the better the learning will be from day one which benefits all parties

Primary students have the chance to visit Crispin at various stages in their journey and we are developing these links further this academic year. In the year before entry, we run a number of Open Mornings and one Open Evening. Additionally, we are delighted to organise any other visits or meetings to discuss any points further.

When Crispin receives details of the students who will be joining us we start to liaise with their schools to ensure the path between schools is as smooth as possible. Mrs Maude and Mr Reddick visit every student who will be joining us in their primary schools to give an overview of life at Crispin and deal with any questions that students may have. Mr Thomas Boddy also liaises closely with schools to ascertain any additional needs of students who will be joining us. Finally, students have the chance to visit Crispin on two transition days in July.

Closing date for applications is 31 October 2024, the national offer day is 3 March 2025.

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Parent Testimonials

Firstly I wanted to thank all staff at Crispin for all the hard work you have put into this last school year, especially during this current time with Coronavirus. – Year 8 parent

We would like to thank you for the time and support you have given us as a family. Your letters are clear and concise and very heartfelt. We appreciate all the time you have spent thinking of ideas and solutions to support students and possible ways to continue their learning within the constraints you have. Your team have been amazing, and are a credit to Crispin School. – Year 11 parents

The use of the Show My Homework app has been amazing – to be honest, I am not sure how other schools have coped without the app. Being able to contact teachers and have their responses through this app has been so valuable. I would also like to thank you for the constant stream of letters that keep us all up to date with how things are progressing. Finally, the FB updates, awards and the nice touch of Toby receiving a thank you card today for his poem was a really lovely gesture so, thank you. – Year 8 parent

Thank you also to the Crispin Team for the constant flow of information that emanates from the school – letters from Mr Reddick and Mrs de Sousa, tutor comments/reflections and enrichment ideas from Mrs Cowper on SMHW. I really do feel that Crispin has risen to the unprecedented challenge it has been presented with and is really looking to support students in the best way it can to balance learning with emotional welfare. – Parents of Year 10 and 11 students

I wanted to complement the school on; your ongoing communication to all and the way you managed the year 11’s final day. My daughter was really happy with the ‘surprise breakfast’ and the way the last day went and all at short notice. – Parent of former Year 11 student

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