Information for New Year 7 Joiners - September 2026

We look forward to welcoming your son to JHGS in September 2026.  

Please note that this page will be updated over the next couple of months as new information is added.

Our term dates can be found here.  Information on our school uniform can be found here.

We have six forms of entry for Year 7 and information on the pastoral set up within the school can be found here.  

Information on Home to School Transport can be found here.  (as at Oct 2025)

The Home School agreement can be found here.

Following the recent cancellation of our New Entrants' Evening, please find linked here a recording of the speeches that were due to be delivered on the evening. The video includes contributions from a Year 7 student representative, our Head Boy, Miss Hartley and Mr Jones, our outgoing and incoming Headteachers, and from me, as Head of Year 7.

I hope that the video provides you with a wealth of useful information to help support your son's transition into our school community. Thank you to Mr Rogers, our Director of Music, and our wonderful AV Team for putting this together at short notice.

It was a pleasure to welcome the cohort to JHGS on County Transition Day, and I am excited to lead what is already shaping up to be a fantastic year group.

We are also continuing to work on the remaining episodes of our "7 Things to Know Before Year 7" video series, which we look forward to sharing with you in due course.

If you have any further questions or queries regarding your son's transition to JHGS, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Mr M Kingman

Mobile Phones

Year 7 and Year 8 are not permitted smartphones.  Non internet enabled phones may be used to and from school but are locked in lockers for the duration of the school day and never used on the premises.

The school's Chromebook programme is launched to parents at the start of the Spring term of Year 7, where all information regarding device requirements are explained in detail.

For new starters to the school there is no need to obtain a device ahead of this time, although if a parent wishes to purchase a device for their child in advance they are advised to view the Chromebook information on the school website here.

If you have any immediate queries, please contact our Admissions Officer, Mrs Bedford, either via the school switchboard (01494 529589) or by email, office@jhgs.bucks.sch.uk.

Recommended reading for incoming year 7s