Year 6 into Year 7 - Transition to CCHS 2025
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to Clacton County High School (CCHS). We look forward to working closely with you over the next few years.
Our Transition Team will be visiting each of our feeder Primary schools during June to talk to those Year 6 students who will be joining CCHS in September.They will talk about school and what students should expect and distribute this year's 'CCHS Year 6 into Year 7 Induction Booklet' that will provide more information about our school and what to expect to help prepare them for starting their secondary education at CCHS in September. There will also an opportunity to answer any questions that the students may have.
Our new Year 7 students are invited to join us for their Induction day on Wednesday 25th June when they will get the chance to have a guided tour of the school, get to do some sample lessons, and meet their new tutor group. Throughout the day they will be able to talk to some of our current Year 7 students, who were in their position this time last year, and can tell you more about life at CCHS. They will also meet some of the adults in the school who will help and support them throughout their time with us.
In the evening of Wednesday 25th June we invite our new students to return to the school with and their families for a presentation, where they too can find out some more about CCHS and meet key people.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email CCHS and a member of the Transition Team will respond: admin@cchs.school
Year 6 into Year 7 - Induction
Various information about our Induction into Year 7 will appear here soon.......
Frequently Asked Questions
• Why am I in a different form to my friends?
Form time only lasts for 15 minutes each morning. The rest of the day you will learn with different students in many of your lessons. When you join secondary school, it is an ideal time to enlarge your friendship group - you will make new friends very quickly.
• How are the form groups decided?
We have over 340 new Year 7 students to place into form groups. Year 7 is split, roughly in half, into two teaching bands - X-Band and Y-Band.
We have six form groups in X-Band and six form groups in Y-Band.
Students are assigned one of the twelve mixed ability form groups.
• How do I pay for a school dinner or school trip?
The school is cashless. All students have a ArborPay account where money for meals, drinks and school trips or events is added by parents and carers.
Students receive their own 'payment' card, linked to their account, and is scanned at the tills in the Clouds Refrectory to pay for any meals or refreshments.
• What are the rules on mobile phone?
You are welcome to come to and from school with your mobile phone. Once you are on the school site mobile phones are to be switched off and out of sight please. This applies throughout the whole day including social times. If they are seen or heard, the school will confiscate the phone for the day and a detention may be issued.
• How will I find my way around school?
You will have a tour of the school on your induction day in June. We’ll also remind you on your the first day in September. It won’t take long to work out where things are.
As a rule single-digit room numbers are on the ground floor and double-digit numbers are on the first floor; A-Block is different with all the rooms on the ground floor.
The 'Joining Year 7 Student Guide' includes a map of the school, including room numbers.