SCHOOL OPENING HOURS
The compulsory school day runs from morning registration at 8.35am through to the end of the day at 3.25pm. In a typical week this amounts to 35.4 hours.
THE SCHOOL DAY
All pupils are expected to be present in the form room and ready for registration at 8.35am. For Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 there is a 5-minute interval between each lesson to enable pupils to move from one place to another. A 'double period' is 75 minutes long.
The times of the lessons are as follows:
| Registration | 8.35am |
| Assembly / Act of Worship | 8.40am - 9.00am |
| Period 1 | 9.00am - 9.35am |
| Period 2 | 9.40am - 10.15am |
| Period 3 | 10.20am - 10.55am |
| Period 4 | 11.00am - 11.35am |
| Morning Break | 11.35am - 11.55am |
| Period 5 | 11.55am - 12.30pm |
| Period 6 | 12.35pm - 1.10pm |
| Lunch | 1.10pm - 2.10pm |
| Period 7 | 2.10pm - 2.45pm |
| Period 8 | 2.50pm - 3.25pm |
| End of School Day | 3.25pm |
