Welcome to Rugby High School! 

Welcome to students joining us in September 2025

Congratulations!   

We hope you are excited to be joining Rugby High School. We are delighted that you have chosen to join our school community and look forward to helping you develop as a creative and ambitious thinker who is prepared and excited for the future, whatever it may bring. 

We appreciate the importance of a good transition to secondary school and we want to reassure and support you through this.  Our top priority is that students, including you, feel happy and safe. We understand that you may have some worries about starting secondary school and this is perfectly natural but we will do our best to help you settle in. During your first week we ease you in gently with a mixture of lessons, icebreaker activities and well-being sessions so that you can start to make friends and get to know your way around.

To help you feel more prepared for the transition and excited about the next stage in your education journey you and your family may find it helpful to look at the websites listed below for ideas and advice.

Remember we are here to help you and we look forward to seeing you in September.

Best wishes
Pastoral Team 

Timeline of what happens next

Tuesday 2nd September 2025 – Start date for Year 7 (letter with further details being emailed to parents/carers)

w/c Tuesday 2nd - Induction week with lessons, wellbeing sessions and icebreaker activities

Wednesday 3rd September 6 – 7pm, School Hall – Information Evening for Parents/Carers

Monday 8th September – Normal timetabled lessons commence

Friday 12th September – Loudmouth Theatre visit school for the morning to deliver ‘Your Mate fancies My Mate’ performance and workshop discussions around topics raised.

Later in the term there will be a presentation to parents explaining our Progress Monitoring system – details to follow. 

Early November – Settling In Event – parental appointments with Form Tutor to discuss non-academic feedback

Links to tips and advice for transition to secondary school: 

BBC Bitesize: Starting Secondary School

Young Minds: Find Your Feet Guide - focussing on the transition from primary to secondary school

Anna Freud: Supporting children's transition to secondary school - guidance for parents and carers

Young Minds: Find your Feet video on worries

Tips from the Mental Health in Schools Team: Managing change - download using the link at the bottom of this page

Interactive Map of Rugby High School: 

You can start to familiarise yourself with the school site by exploring our map.

Click here to explore the school site.