A warm welcome to all of the Year 6 families that have been lucky enough to be offered a place at XP Gateshead for your child to join Year 7 in August 2024.
Please check your emails as we have sent you the details that are in this post below.
You will no doubt have lots of questions, but rest assured, all of these will be answered over the coming months of transition. At XP Gateshead we spend a lot of time getting to know our students and families prior to starting with us and we have a range of transition activities planned to allow this to happen.
There are two forms for you to complete as family:
1. XPG – New Year 7 Admissions Form Aug 24
There are lots of questions to complete on these forms, please take your time. It is vital that we have up to date and relevant information for all of our students (contact details, medical information, dietary requirements, school meal entitlements). We have also included sections here which ask for your permissions around media consent and fieldwork.
2. XPG New to school Parent/Carer Voice Aug 24
This form is really important to us and gives you the chance to share more details about your child with us. It’s the start of us building an individual picture of your child and getting a better understanding of them.
In addition to gathering this information from you as a family we will also communicate with your child’s primary school to ensure we have the fullest picture of your child and how we can support and challenge them.
Our wider transition programme will include an online meeting with you and your child as a family, primary school visits and a transition day in the summer term. We will publish a timeline of these events soon.
Our website xpgateshead.org contains a wealth of information and should be a start in answering your questions, in particular the frequently asked questions section is useful for new parents.
It is really important that you subscribe to our website by entering your email contact in the section on our front page as this will update you with an email every time we post some new information.
Families will be added to our private Facebook group once we have carried out the online family meetings.
Should you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact [email protected].
Thank you again for choosing XP Gateshead, we really look forward to working with you and your child over the next five years.
Julie Mosley
Principal
XP Gateshead