Term dates
Terms, half terms and training days for this school year, and the shape of a school day.
School is closed to students on the five training days; we post them on the calendar a year ahead.
Autumn term
Half term 27 – 31 October
3 Sep – 19 Dec
Spring term
Half term 16 – 20 February
5 Jan – 27 Mar
Summer term
Half term 25 – 29 May
13 Apr – 21 Jul
Training days
2 Sep, 3 Nov, 5 Jan, 13 Apr, 22 Jul
Dates for this school year (sample).
The school day
Gates open at 8:15 and the day starts with twenty minutes in tutor groups. Lessons are fifty minutes long, so nobody sits still for too long.
- Breakfast club from 7:45 in the canteen, free for every year group (sample)
- Hot lunch every day for $2.60, paid by card or the parent app (example prices)
- School buses 7, 12 and 31 stop at Gate A at 8:25 and 15:10
- Phones stay switched off in bags from the first bell to the last
Bell times
Registration with your form tutor
8:40
Period 1
8:55
Period 2
9:45
Break
10:35
Period 3
10:55
Period 4
11:45
Lunch
12:35
Period 5
13:20
Period 6
14:10
End of the school day
15:00
Period 7: clubs and sport
15:15–16:15
The highlighted row is the lesson in the timetable above.
Come and see a school day
Tours run on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in term time, led by two sixth-form students. You see lessons in progress, the labs, the library and lunch.