Key Dates:
Last Day of Term: Friday 20th December 2024; Students Dismissed at 12:20pm
INSET Day: Monday 6th January 2025; School closed to students
Start of Term: Tuesday 7th January 2025; School starts promptly at 8:30am on all year groups on a Week A timetable.
Welcome to The Portsmouth Academy’s Year 7 Transition page. We’re delighted that your child has chosen to join us in September 2024. As students prepare to embark on the next phase of their educational journey, we understand that this can be both an exciting and anxious time for both students and parents. This page aims to provide you with an overview of the information you may need to help your child prepare for and settle into their new school.
If you have accepted a place for your child at The Portsmouth Academy for September 2024, you will have received some or all of the following emails. Please contact Miss Meale at admissions@theportsmouthacademy.org.uk if you've not received this communication from the school or if you've recently changed your email address.
| Transition Days Letter | 25th June 2024 |
Uniform can be purchased online from Penelope Ann School Wear or Monkhouse.
You can also visit Penelope Ann's Portsmouth Store located at:
34-36 Tangier Road
Portsmouth
PO3 6JN
Tel: 02392 666142
To be prepared for the learning day, students should have the following items every day.
The Portsmouth Academy has a cashless catering system and payments for school lunches must be made through the school's payment system PlusPay. You will receive a registration email for PlusPay in September when your child goes on roll.
For more information about school lunches at The Portsmouth Academy click here.
Link to the school's payment system PlusPay.
Childline - Visit the Childline website for advice on how to support your child with moving schools
