School Day

The School Day

8.30 to 8.40am	Pupils enter school
8.40am	Registration
8.45am	Assembly
9.00am	Period 1
10.00am	Break
10.13am	Warning bell for Period 2
10.15am	Period 2
11.15am	Period 3
12.15pm	Lunch
1.10pm	Warning bell for Period 4
1.15pm	Period 4 and Registration
2.15pm	Period 5
3.15pm	End of School Day

The school spends 25 hrs. teaching in a normal week (DfES recommend 24 hrs).

Assemblies

These are held daily in the school hall, although each day two year groups remain with their Form Tutors, and one year group meets with its Year Tutor in the Community/Dining Room.

Formal assemblies are required by the Education Act (1988). They seek to provide a spiritual dimension to the day and have the characteristics of:

• Contemplation
• Celebration
• and Community

They are mainly Christian in their teaching and should lead students to reflect upon their daily lives, relationships and responsibilities. If parents wish, their children can be withdrawn from assemblies and RE lessons.