The School Day

8:30am	Pupils enter school
8:30 – 8:55am	Registration/Assembly
8:55 – 9:55am	Period 1
9:55 – 10:55am	Period 2
10:55 – 11:15am	Break
11:15 – 12:15am	Period 3
12:15 – 1:15pm	Lunch
1:15 – 2:15pm	Period 4
2:15 – 3:15pm	Period 5
3:15pm	End of School Day

The school spends 25 hrs teaching in a normal week (DfE 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 If parents wish, their children can be withdrawn from assemblies and RE lessons.