The School Day

PREP SCHOOL

8.15am children can be dropped off from this time
8.35am Registration in classrooms
10.30am Breaktime
12.10pm Lunchtime
2.20pm Travel Break
3.30pm Pre-prep end of School Day
3.40pm End of the School day
4.45pm after-school provision (at no extra charge children are able to stay until 4.45pm)

After-school provision means children can stay on until 4.45pm at no extra charge. Our comprehensive programme of after-school activities and clubs means children are kept fully occupied. On days when they don’t have an activity to attend, older children can sign-in to complete their prep, while Pre-Prep pupils are able to play and enjoy story-time. Children must sign-out at 4.45pm, having supplied their class teacher earlier in the day with their pick-up or travel home arrangements.

Breakfast Club is also available from 7.30am-8.15am at an extra charge. Children should be dropped off at the Prep School car park where they will be met by a member of staff at 7.30am.

Wrap Around Care is also available.  The day can be extended further should families need to collect children later through our After School Club. This is available from 5pm-6pm at an additional charge. Children will meet you in the Prep School car park at 6pm by the member of staff on duty to go home.

Flexi or occasional boarding is also available to families who need their child to stay overnight at school.  See our boarding pages

SENIOR SCHOOL

Monday-Friday
8.30am-8.55am – Pupils register with their tutor, usually in their House area
9.00am – Morning lessons begin, with the exception of Mondays (Chapel) and Wednesdays (House Time)
11.10am – Morning break
11.30am – Morning lessons resume
12.55pm – Lunch
1.55pm – Afternoon lessons begin, with the exception of Tuesdays (Congers), Wednesday (Reading Time) and Thursdays (Congers)
3.25pm-4.05pm (Mondays) – Service Activity Time
4.05pm – End of teaching
4.10pm – Activities
5.10pm – End of the School day

Saturdays
8.30am-8.50pm – Pupils register with their tutor, usually in their House area.
8.55am – Morning lessons begin
10.20am – Morning break
10.35am – Lessons resume
12.00pm – End of the School day

Extended day provision is available before and after standard school hours. Pupils can join the boarders for breakfast from 7.40am, and stay until 7pm, including tea, for an extra charge. Flexi or occasional boarding is also available to families who need their child to stay overnight at School.

Each pupil is given a copy of his/her timetable, a School planner and a prep timetable. The Deputy Head (Academic) produces a prep timetable for each year group at the start of each new academic year. Years 7 and 8 have two preps each evening lasting 25 minutes. Year 9 has three preps each evening, each of 30 minutes’ duration. The purpose of prep is to provide opportunities outside the classroom for private research or independent research, learning and reinforcing knowledge, reading, completing extension tasks, and preparing for the next lesson.