Welcome to our Year 6 Transition area. At William Howard School we aim to make the transition to Year 7 as smooth as possible. Please read through the information available here and do not hesitate to contact Mrs Buckley (email: kbuckley@williamhoward.cumbria.sch.uk), if you have any further questions. We look forward to meeting you in September.

Meet the main team responsible for looking after Year 7 students

Mrs Buckley is the Transition Lead and Director of Learning for Year 7 (2023-24)

Mrs Braithwaite is the Student Manager for Year 7 (2023-24)

Ms Pigdon is the Headteacher

Mrs Mothersdale is the Assistant Headteacher with a Year 7 link and our SENCO

Take a tour of WHS with our students


(Filmmaker: Will Carswell, WHS Media Student)

Learn about Year 7 experiences from the students themselves


(Filmmaker: Callum Turner, WHS Media student)

Find out more