Welcome To Byrchall Year 6 Transition
We are looking forward to welcoming all our Year 6 pupils who have been offered a place at Byrchall and will be joining us in September 2025. We hope you enjoyed Friendship Day! We enjoyed our first informal opportunity to meet you all and welcome you to the Byrchall family.
This page should hopefully answer any questions you have between accepting your place at Byrchall and joining us in September 2025.
Our transition team have lots of exciting events and activities planned over the coming months. These include Friendship Day, Curriculum Evenings, Transition Events, Summer School and so much more. Information will be emailed to you closer to the time of each event. You will also find lots more information by clicking the buttons at the bottom of the page.
Key dates for your diary:
- Curriculum Evening 1: Thursday 8th May 2025: 4pm-6pm
- Curriculum Evening 2: Thursday 22nd May 2025: 4pm-6pm
- Tuesday 24th June: Transition Evening/Parent Welcome. This event will provide you with on overview of key information about your child’s first few days, uniform, access to wise pay, synergy and bus timetables. You will also meet your child’s form tutor at this event.
Summer School 2025:
Our school also offers an exciting Summer School programme. You can opt to attend ONE of the two weeks and participate in a host of on-site activities and range of school trips.
Booking information for Summer School will be emailed out post Easter.
- Week 1: Monday 21st July – Friday 25th
- Week 2: Monday 28th July – Friday 1st August.
What is it like being a year 7 student?
A Welcome Letter From the Prefect Team
Key staff
Our school has a dedicated team of staff who help to ensure you have a smooth transition. Many of our staff will be visiting your Primary School to speak to your current teachers and get to know you before you join us in September.
Mrs Fletcher
Hello. My name is Mrs Fletcher. I am one of the Assistant Head teachers in school and in my role as Head of Lower school one of my responsibilities is making sure you have a smooth transition from primary school.
One of my big jobs is visiting our primary schools before you start and finding out lots of information about you; what you like and are good at and maybe the things that you struggle with a little bit. I work closely with the Year 7 team to make sure everything is in place for you to have a positive start to high school.
Miss Gibson
Mr Powell
I am Mr Powell. I go out to visit you in year 6 as part of our Primary Roadshow team.
I visit to tell you all about the amazing opportunities we have for you at Byrchall and to answer any questions you may have about what life is like at Secondary School.
I am also one of the Year 7 Form Tutors and a science teacher too.
Miss Brown
Hello, my name is Miss Brown. As well as being an RE teacher at Byrchall, my main role is being the SENCO.
My job is to make sure that any child who has additional needs gets the support they need. At Byrchall we have about 100 students who have an additional need or require a bit of extra help. This might be a bit of help with handwriting, spelling, reading, math or in-class support from a Teaching Assistant.
Once at Byrchall, any child who thinks they need more help can speak to me, or one of my team of Teaching Assistants. If you, or you parent think you may need some extra help, please feel free to get in touch. Email is the easiest way to communicate with me at this time. My email is: ebrown@byrchall.wigan.sch.uk As SENCO it’s my job to make sure you can overcome any difficulties you have, that you do as well as you can at school and that you feel supported.
Mrs McGuire
I am Mrs McGuire. I oversee organising all the primary visits and events that happen at Byrchall and lead Summer School. I go out with Mrs Fletcher to talk to your Primary School teachers to find out about your hobbies and interests to make sure you are put into a form with people you will get along with.
I am one of the Year 7 Form Tutors and also a Business and Computing teacher. I like organising lots of competitions and fun events for you to take part in. My role is to ensure that your transition to high school is a smooth one and that you look forward to joining us here at Byrchall. My daughter is currently in year 7 so I understand the types of questions you may have from a parent’s perspective too about transition – no question is ever a daft question; we will always answer any query you may have! Parents and students can contact me on: transition@.byrchall.wigan.sch.uk with any questions you may have.
Miss Wilson
Hello, future Year 7 students.
My name is Miss Wilson and I am Head of Year 7 at Byrchall.
My role in school is to make sure that you have the best start to Year 7 and I will continue to support you throughout the year. I will be in the Year 7 area with Miss Gibson in a morning and I see you in your form rooms each morning.
One of the most exciting things about my role is that I get to celebrate all of your achievements in our weekly assemblies, and I am certain that I will have lots of success stories this coming year. I am also an English teacher.
I am really looking forward to meeting you all.
Mrs Hudson
Hello to you, our new Year 7. My name is Mrs Hudson. I am one of the Assistant Head teachers in school, my role is to look after pupil welfare and support.
I am also in charge of making sure that everyone in school is safe in my role as Designated safeguarding lead. I work with our SENCO and pastoral support assistants to make sure that everyone in school gets the help and support they need in their learning but also in their emotional health and well-being. I also teach Food in school.
Additional information
You will find additional information about day to day life at Byrchall in the links below. If you have further questions that this page hasn’t answered please contact our transition inbox at transition@byrchall.wigan.sch.uk